Image forming apparatus with speed determination

摘要

An image forming apparatus executes a print job at an initial processing speed and switching the initial processing speed to a delayed processing speed lower than the initial processing speed upon detecting occurrence of a specific condition under which continuing the print job at the initial processing speed is determined not possible. The image forming apparatus acquires a print job targeted to be executed; estimates a processing time to be taken to complete the target print job at each of a plurality of processing speeds selected as candidates for the initial processing speed; and determines, as the initial processing speed, one of the candidate processing speeds that corresponds to the shortest processing time among the processing times estimated by the estimator.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus for executing a print job at an initial processing speed at a beginning of the print job and switching the initial processing speed to a delayed processing speed lower than the initial processing speed upon detecting occurrence of a specific condition under which continuing the print job at the initial processing speed is determined not possible, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a job acquirer that acquires a print job targeted to be executed; an estimator that estimates a processing time to be taken to complete the targeted print job for each of a plurality of processing speeds selected as candidates for the initial processing speed at the beginning of the print job; and a determiner that determines, as the initial processing speed, one of the candidates for the initial processing speed that corresponds to a shortest processing time among the processing times estimated by the estimator.