Patent ID: 6317193
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:an image forming device that forms an image onto a recording medium based upon image data;a receiving device that receives the image data;a storage device that stores the image data received by the receiving device; anda controller that controls the storage of all of the image data received by the receiving device in the storage device, and controls the driving of the image forming device multiple times if multiple copies of images corresponding to the image data are required to be formed,wherein when a storage capacity of the storage device becomes full while all of the image data received by the receiving device is stored in the storage device, the controller controls the driving of the image forming device multiple times if multiple copies of images corresponding to the image data are required to be formed based upon a quantity of image data stored in the storage device, deletes the quantity of image data after the image forming device forms the images onto the recording medium, and stores a continuation of the remaining received image data in the storage device.