Patent ID: 8314962
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an instruction input section; an image input section; an image output portion; an image processing section which processes an image inputted from the image input section and transfers the same to the image output portion; and a controller for controlling an operation of the apparatus, wherein the controller includes: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested and inputted through the instruction input section by a user, constructing a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; a job performing section which executes sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section; and an element section for controlling an operation of each mechanism of the image forming apparatus in accordance with an instruction outputted from the job performing section, the element section, in accordance with the operation control instruction from the job performing section, executes an error notification to the job performing section in a case where an operation error occurs in the mechanism at a time of controlling the mechanism, and the job performing section, when it receives the error notification, outputs a job aborting instruction to the element section.