US Patent Issued to Canon on May 6 for "Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,115, issued on May 6, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus" was invented by Makoto Anno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus is capable of receiving, from an image control apparatus capable of performing raster image processor (RIP) processing upon data, a print job and executing the received print job. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a print job, an acquisition unit configured to acquire unique information of the image control apparatus from the image control apparatus, and a controller config...