US 11,995,367 B1
Image forming apparatus and image forming method capable of presenting and changing internal priority of printing order
Kunihiko Shimamoto, Torrance, CA (US); Taku Matsuo, Los Angeles, CA (US); Norifumi Miyahara, Torrance, CA (US); and Yoshihiro Osada, Torrance, CA (US)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,470.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1296 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus capable of changing printing order of a plurality of jobs, comprising:
an instruction acquiring unit configured to present a job list in which the plurality of jobs is arranged in the printing order and acquire a change instruction of the printing order;
an internal priority setting unit configured to set, based on the change instruction acquired by the instruction acquiring unit, an internal priority that is different from set priority that is designated and set by a user at the time of generation and after generation for each of the plurality of jobs; and
an image forming unit that outputs each of the plurality of jobs in the printing order corresponding to the internal priority set by the internal priority setting unit; wherein:
the instruction acquiring unit also presents the internal priority to the job list and acquires a change instruction to change the internal priority; and
the internal priority setting unit changes the internal priority different from the set priority according to the change instruction to change the internal priority.