Image forming system including means for inhibiting or releasing

Details Image forming system including means for inhibiting or releasing Image forming system including means for inhibiting or releasing

1998-07-29

2000-06-20

Chen, Sophia S.

Electrophotography

Remote monitoring

358 115, 358401, 399 82, H04N 100, G03G 1500

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active

060787597

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a communications line for connecting the image forming apparatus to other image forming apparatuses to create a system of a plurality of image forming apparatuses; a device for setting a connected printing mode to allocate and print jobs to be printed by the plurality of image forming apparatuses; a device for executing printing in the connected printing mode by the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and a device for releasing the use of the image forming apparatus under the connected printing mode when the image forming apparatus receives a print command while a printing operation is being executed by the plurality of image forming apparatuses under the connected printing mode.

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