Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

Details Image forming apparatus and control method thereof Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

2006-08-10

2011-12-27

Kincaid, Kristine (Department: 2421)

Television

Diverse device controlled by information embedded in video...

C348S552000, C348S553000, C348S559000, C358S001900, C358S001130, C358S001150

Reexamination Certificate

active

08085347

ABSTRACT:
A technology is provided that suppresses a noise that an image forming apparatus makes in the course of an operation thereof from interfering with a user who is watching television. When a printer203receives a print command, the printer203performs a print job as per a normal mode if a commercial is being displayed on a digital TV201. If what is being displayed on the digital TV201is not the commercial, the printer203suspends the print job until the commercial begins to be displayed.

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