Patent ID: 7161694
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, connected with terminals via a network, comprising: a receiving device which receives an image and first printing conditions for printing the image from a terminal among the terminals via the network; a generating device which generates second printing conditions on the basis of said first printing conditions and settings of said image forming apparatus; a comparing device which compares said first and second printing conditions to determine whether or not one or more discrepancies occur between said first and second printing conditions; a first storage device which stores a table which stores discrepancies to be determined to occur by said comparing device and solutions each of which corresponds to each of said discrepancies; a first setting device which automatically sets, by using the table, a solution among the solutions for each of said one or more discrepancies determined to occur by said comparing device; and a printing device which prints the image on printing conditions in which said one or more discrepancies are solved by said solution set by said first setting device.