US 12,141,483 B2
Control method for forming an image, image-forming device, and storage medium
Chengzhu Yu, Zhuhai (CN); Lina Meng, Zhuhai (CN); and Dan Ning, Zhuhai (CN)
Assigned to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed by Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,155.
Claims priority of application No. 202210331815.2 (CN), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315349 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1229 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method for forming an image comprising:
receiving a pending image-forming job, and obtaining pending image-forming data and image-forming configuration information in the pending image-forming job, the image-forming configuration information including a total page number corresponding to the pending image-forming job;
performing, at an image-forming device, image-forming operation on an image-forming medium according to the pending image-forming data and the image-forming configuration information; and
under satisfied predetermined conditions, controlling a discharge distance of at least one page of the image-forming medium of the pending image-forming data to be different from a discharge distance of other pages of the image-forming medium, or controlling a discharge distance of at least one page of the image-forming medium of the pending image-forming job to be different from a discharge distance of the image-forming medium of a previous image-forming job, and the predetermined conditions including:
before starting the pending image-forming job, the image-forming device has completed a preceding image-forming job within a predetermined time.