Patent ID: 6064839
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:print request controls accepting a print request;permission controls permitting a print operation of the image forming apparatus in response to a specified operation executed by an operator;print controls executing a print job corresponding to the print request when the print request has been accepted by the print request controls in a state in which print operation has been permitted by the permission controls;inhibition controls for, when the print request has been accepted by the print controls, inhibiting execution of a subsequent print job corresponding to a subsequent print request, whereinthe inhibition controls inhibit the execution of the subsequent print job after the current print job has been completed by the print controls, andthe inhibition controls comprise a timer measuring a specified time, measured by the timer from the specified time after the current print job has been completed by the print controls, and inhibiting the execution of the subsequent print job.