Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus executes image formation process using spot and process colors, when high quality printing function is selected
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Application No.: US17183757Application Date: 2021-02-24
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Publication No.: US11269574B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Taku Ishizawa , Tadahiro Mizutani
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2020-028975 20200225
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; B41J2/21 ; B41J29/393 ; G06K15/00

Abstract:
To provide a technique in which an image forming process is not restricted even when consumption information cannot be transmitted to the outside such as a server in an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an operation control portion for executing a plurality of functions for forming an image; a memory that stores availability information of the plurality of functions according to a specified contract that defines usage conditions of the image forming apparatus; and a determination portion that determines, when a usage request for at least one of the plurality of functions is received, with reference to the availability information, whether or not the at least one of the plurality of functions corresponding to the usage request received is configured to be used, in which the operation control portion controls operation of the image forming apparatus in accordance with a determination result of the determination portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210263692A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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