(19)
(11) EP 2 767 404 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.03.2018 Bulletin 2018/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.08.2014 Bulletin 2014/34

(21) Application number: 14154595.4

(22) Date of filing: 11.02.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 29/00(2006.01)
B41J 2/32(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 18.02.2013 JP 2013028951
17.12.2013 JP 2013260336

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sasa, Tomohiro
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München
81829 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus, method of stopping operation, and recording medium storing a program for stopping operation


(57) An image forming apparatus, a method of stopping operation, and a program stored on a recording medium are provided. An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image processing mechanical unit (26b, 200b) that realizes an image processing function, an image processing driver (26a, 200a) that drives the image processing mechanical unit (26b, 200b) in accordance with operating status of the image forming apparatus (1), an operation reception unit (20d) that acquires information in accordance with user operation on an operational unit (17), a normally stop command unit (20a) that outputs a signal that commands to stop image processing operation to the image processing driver (26a, 200a) if the information acquired by the operation reception unit (20d) relates to normally stop operation, and a forcibly stop command unit (20b) that outputs a signal that commands to stop currently-executed image processing operation to the image processing mechanical unit (26b, 200b) if the information acquired by the operational reception unit (20d) relates to forcibly stop operation.







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