公开(公告)号：US10754601B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US16491687

申请日：2018-02-13

Applicant: HP PRINTING KOREA CO., LTD.

Inventor： Soo Young Cho ,  Se Young Kim ,  Eun Kyung Yun ,  Pyung Hwa Lee

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for printing through automatic sorting is described. A communication interface obtains data from a plurality of external apparatuses. A processor, in response to the obtaining, collects the obtained data according to a plurality of groups sorted based on identification information included in the obtained data, and generates a print command when a predetermined condition is satisfied. An image forming job performer prints data collected in the plurality of groups according to the generated print command.