Patent ID: 9661173
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiver which receives a facsimile data file or a print data file written in a page description language, from an information processing apparatus; a spooler which stores the facsimile data file or the print data file received by the receiver, on the spooler itself; a converter which converts the facsimile data file or the print data file stored on the spooler, from a page description language to an image data format; a job generator which generates a job based on the image data file obtained by the converter; a facsimile transmitter which performs facsimile transmission; a printer which performs printing; and a job controller which instructs the facsimile transmitter or the printer to perform facsimile transmission or printing according to the job generated by the job generator, respectively, wherein when there is both facsimile and print data stored on the spooler, the converter selects the facsimile data file or the print data file from the spooler, based on a combination of the state of the printer and the state of the facsimile transmitter, before conversion of the selected data file to an image data format, such that when the printer or the facsimile transmitter is presently inactive, then the inactive printer or the inactive facsimile transmitter will be activated after the conversion of the selected data file to perform a job based on the converted data file.