Patent ID: 6058249
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus having at least one of a copying function of forming an image represented by copy data, a facsimile function of forming an image represented by facsimile data, and a printing function of forming an image represented by print data, comprising:first data-acquiring means for acquiring one of the copy data, the facsimile data and the print data;second data-acquiring means for acquiring one of the copy data, the facsimile data and the print data, which is other than the data acquired by the first data-acquiring means;means for storing the data acquire(s by said first and second data-acquiring means;first data-registering means assigned with a first priority level, for registering a command for forming an image represented by the data acquired by said first data-acquiring means;second data-registering means assigned with a second priority level lower that the first priority level, for registering a command for forming an image represented by the data acquired by said second data-acquiring means;first selecting means for selecting in a predetermined order a plurality of image-forming commands registered in said first registering means and subsequently selecting in a predetermined order a plurality of image-forming commands registered in said second registering means, in cases where a plurality of image-forming commands are registered in both said first and second registering means;second selecting means for skipping image-forming commands impossible to implement when the plurality of image-forming commands registered in said first registering means are selected in a predetermined order by said first selecting means, and subsequently selecting in a predetermined order the plurality of image-forming commands registered in said second registering means; andimage-forming means for executing an image-forming job in accordance with the image-forming commands possible to implement and selected from said first and second selecting means.