Patent ID: 8164772
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to execute an auxiliary program combined to a prescribed control program that transforms a piece of received information to image data, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a memory section containing a plurality of auxiliary programs; a received information judging section configured to judge whether the received information is an auxiliary program or a piece of image information, by analyzing said received information; an auxiliary program managing section configured to a received information memorizing section configured to memorize the received information when said necessary auxiliary program is not detected by the auxiliary program managing section; a control section configured to an adding auxiliary program selecting section configured to judge whether or not the new auxiliary program is needed by the received information in the received information memorizing section at a time when the new auxiliary program is registered in the memory section and to select said received information to be processed from the received information memorizing section, if the new auxiliary program is needed by said selected received information, wherein the control section executes a process of the selected received information by using the new auxiliary program immediately after the new auxiliary program is registered.