Patent ID: 6757500
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:image input means for inputting an image data; storage means for storing the image data; image forming means for forming the image data stored in said storage means; and control means for controlling said image forming means in accordance with an image forming mode, and a plurality of processing conditions which include a first processing condition for numeric data corresponding to a number of times image forming operations are performed by said image forming means, and a second processing condition different from the first processing condition, the second processing condition corresponding to an image forming process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial image forming mode for an image forming process in accordance with the image forming mode, and the function halts the image forming process temporarily and enables the image forming mode to be reset after a predetermined number of image forming operations are performed based on the second processing condition and regardless of the numeric data of the first processing condition, when the trial image forming mode is effective, wherein a numeric data for the image forming process to be performed after the trial image forming mode is released is controlled in accordance with a state of reset for the image forming mode during a halted state of the image forming process, wherein, when the state of reset for the image forming mode includes a reset of the second processing condition, and does not include a reset of the first processing condition, the numeric data for the image forming process to be performed after the trial image forming mode is released is set the same as the numeric data of the first processing condition before the trial image forming mode is executed, and wherein, when the state of reset for the image forming mode includes said reset of the first processing condition, the numeric data for the image forming process to be performed after the trial image forming mode is released is not set the same as the numeric data of the first processing condition before the trial image forming mode is executed.