IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Author: YAMADA TOSHIYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.08.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To obtain an image forming apparatus that can increase convenience for a user.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a communication unit that receives firmware including first firmware for function setting of a first function in the image forming unit and second firmware for the first function; and a processing unit that performs first update processing for updating the first firmware based on the firmware, performing setting reservation processing for setting in advance the setting value of function setting based on the updated first firmware, and after the setting reservation processing is performed, when an update condition for the second firmware set in advance is satisfied, performs second update processing for updating the second firmware and enabling the setting value of function setting set in advance through the setting reservation processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】ユーザの利便性を高めることができる画像形成装置を得る。【解決手段】本発明の画像形成装置は、記録媒体に画像を形成する画像形成部と、画像形成部における第１の機能の機能設定についての第１のファームウェアおよび第１の機能についての第２のファームウェアを含むファームウェアを受信する通信部と、ファームウェアに基づいて、第１のファームウェアを更新する第１の更新処理を行い、更新された第１のファームウェアに基づいて機能設定の設定値を予め設定する設定予約処理を行い、設定予約処理が行われた後に、予め設定された第２のファームウェアの更新条件を満たしたときに、第２のファームウェアを更新するとともに設定予約処理により予め設定された機能設定の設定値を有効にする第２の更新処理を行う処理部とを備える。【選択図】図３