Patent ID: 8861012
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus comprising: an output unit that acquires image formation information items which are to be used in image formation by an image forming unit which forms images, and that performs output processes of outputting the image formation information items in order to cause a storage unit that temporarily stores the image formation information items to store the image formation information items; a transmission unit that acquires the image formation information items from the storage unit, and that performs transmission processes of transmitting the image formation information items to the image forming unit; an output-history generating unit that generates output histories in which an order in which unit processes constituting the output processes have been performed is recorded; a transmission-history generating unit that generates transmission histories in which an order in which unit processes constituting the transmission processes have been performed is recorded; a checking unit that checks whether or not the order in which the unit processes have been performed, which is recorded in the output histories, and the order in which the unit processes have been performed, which is recorded in the transmission histories, match; and a determination-information generating unit that generates a determination information item which is to be used in determination of a unit process, among the unit processes, that has been checked by the checking unit in the output histories and a unit process, among the unit processes, that has been checked by the checking unit in the transmission histories, wherein the image formation information items comprises print instructions, wherein the output-history generating unit generates the output histories in the order of the stored image formation information items, and wherein the output histories are generated before the transmission processes have been performed.