Patent ID: 8243311
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image output apparatus comprising: an image storage section that stores an image to be printed; an image processing section that performs a printing image process for printing the stored image and a display image process for displaying the stored image; a printing section that prints the image, which has been subjected to the printing image process; a display section that displays the image, which has been subjected to the display image process; an instruction section that allows a user to selectively instruct execution of a print job, which is a procedure to cause the printing section to print the image, and execution of a display job, which is a procedure to cause the display section to display the image; and a job control section that controls the jobs to start the execution of the print job or the display job in response to an instruction from the instruction section, wherein when the job control section receives instructions from the instruction section to start a plurality of print jobs and/or display jobs, the job control section controls the jobs to register the print jobs and/or the display jobs in a queue and start these jobs in the order in which the instructions are given, and when an instruction to start a display job in the queue is received from the instruction section while the display job is being registered, the job control section controls the jobs to automatically move the display job to the forefront of the queue to execute the display job.