Patent attributes
Personal computers and a printer are linked via an image processing apparatus. A first memory stores data received from computers. A second memory stores data received from an original. An output interface receives the data from the transfer data buffer and the image buffer and outputs the data to the printer. A printer status detector obtains the status of the printer to determine whether the printer is unable to print. A cancel commanding section commands the printer to clear the data received from the output interface when the printer is unable to print. A data identifier identifies whether the data output through the output interface is the data from the image buffer. When the data identifier identifies that the data outputted from the output interface is data from the image buffer, the cancel commanding section commands the printer to clear the data received from the output interface.
