摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a deficiency in free capacity of a storage means provided on an image forming apparatus main body and to print or transmit the contents of a file even if the file is automatically deleted or manually deleted by mistake. <P>SOLUTION: Only a file of data from a facsimile modem 18 among a file of data read by a scanner 16S, a file of data from a NIC 17, and a file of data from the facsimile modem 18 is copied and stored in a removal medium 23 when stored on an HDD 14, and a file scheduled to be deleted today and a file scheduled to have been deleted before today among files whose storage periods are specified are moved to the removal medium 23. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |