US 12,293,115 B2
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus
Makoto Anno, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,613.
Application 18/431,613 is a continuation of application No. 18/058,222, filed on Nov. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,922,075.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-192725 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176553 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1267 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a storage device; and
a processor that causes the image forming apparatus to:
enable a function for storing, in the storage device, received print data without printing the received print data until a print instruction for the received print data is received from a user;
receive an Internet Protocol (IP) address; and
perform a printing process for printing print data received from an apparatus corresponding to the IP address without receiving the print instruction in a case where the function is enabled.