What does the "Q" stand for?
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The "Q" stands for Qualcomm.
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a function of transmitting and receiving a job from an external apparatus, an image forming system, and a method of controlling the same.
Description of the Related Art
An image forming apparatus that is capable of connecting to a plurality of external devices through a network has been known. When an image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of external devices, it becomes possible to perform, for example, a job that is transmitted to a plurality of external devices in parallel, in addition to an image forming operation.
An image forming apparatus that is capable of being connected to a plurality of external devices has a job receiving function, in which an external device transmits a job for image forming to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus performs an image forming process on the basis of the received job, and transmits the resulting image to the external device. If such an external device is a device connected through a network, then the external device transmits the job to the image forming apparatus through a network. The image forming apparatus having such a job receiving function receives a job transmitted from a plurality of external devices in parallel, and performs an image forming process.
If a job is transmitted from an external device to an image forming apparatus through a network, it is necessary to determine whether or not the job can be received by the image forming apparatus. As a method of determining this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-66153 discloses an image forming apparatus that includes a function of communicating with an external device through a network, and a function of transmitting a job to the external device, and determines whether or not the external device can receive the job on the basis of the external device informing the image forming apparatus whether or not the external device can receive the job through the network.
However, the above-described image forming apparatus cannot make a determination as to whether or not it is possible to receive the job based on the determination result notified by the external device. For example, it may not be possible to determine whether or not a request for image forming is received by an external device even when it is possible to receive the job.
That is to say, the above-described image forming apparatus cannot make a determination as to whether or not it is possible to receive the job based on the determination result notified by the external device, and it be359ba680
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