Patent ID: 9740972
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06K

Claim:
1. A control apparatus for controlling an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, the control apparatus comprising: an execution controller configured to perform control to cause the image forming unit to execute a print job; a first detector configured to detect a restart of the image forming unit; a stop controller configured to, when the restart of the image forming unit is detected by the first detector, perform control to cause the image forming unit to stop the print job currently in process; a second detector configured to detect completion of the restart of the image forming unit; the first detector further configured to, when the completion of the restart of the image forming unit is detected by the second detector, perform a process for connecting the control apparatus and the image forming unit; a print controller configured to track a current execution location in the print job by storing an association of the print job to outstanding process identifications, receiving a notification of completion of an image forming process of one page of image data from the image forming unit along with a process identification, and deleting the process identification from the association with the print job; and a resumption controller configured to, after the control apparatus and the image forming unit are connected by the first detector, perform control to resume execution of the print job that has been stopped by the stop controller based on the current execution location.