Image forming apparatus performing short-range wireless communication

摘要

An image forming apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit; a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to request and instruct the portable information processing device to display a job setting screen on the display unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising
a near field communication circuitry configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit; and a computer and a memory storing a program causing the computer to execute: a recognition step recognizing a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication circuitry; a job setting step requesting and instructing the portable information processing device to display a job setting screen on the display unit, the job setting screen being displayed for selecting and setting a job among a plurality of jobs which are capable of being processed; and a job control step executing the selected job in response to a start instruction thereof, wherein the job setting step receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication circuitry after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control step receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received.