Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a storing section provided with a box which stores an electronic document file, a first instruction accepting section which accepts an instruction for deleting the electronic document file stored in the box, a second instruction accepting section which accepts an instruction other than the instruction for deleting the electronic document file, a deleting processing section configured to execute processing for deleting the electronic document file stored in the box, when receiving the instruction for deleting the electronic document file, from the first instruction accepting section, and a main processing section configured to execute processing other than the processing for deleting the electronic document file, in parallel with the first deleting processing, when receiving the instruction other than the instruction for deleting the electronic document file, from the second instruction accepting section, while the deleting processing is being executed by the first deleting processing section.

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising: 
 a storing section including a box which stores an electronic document file;    a first instruction accepting section which accepts an instruction for deleting the electronic document file stored in the box;    a second instruction accepting section which accepts an instruction other than the instruction for deleting the electronic document file;    a deleting processing section configured to execute processing for deleting the electronic document file stored in the box, when receiving the instruction for deleting the electronic document file, from the first instruction accepting section; and    a main processing section configured to execute processing other than the processing for deleting the electronic document file, in parallel with the first deleting processing, when receiving the instruction other than the instruction for deleting the electronic document file, from the second instruction accepting section, while the deleting processing is being executed by the first deleting processing section.    
     
     
         2 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the storing section includes a plurality of said boxes, the first instruction accepting section specifies a predetermined box from the plurality of boxes, and the deleting processing section deletes all electronic document files in the specified box.  
     
     
         3 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the storing section provides a plurality of folders for storing electronic document files in the box, and the first instruction accepting section specifies a predetermined folder from the plurality of folders, and the deleting processing section deletes all electronic document files in the specified folder.  
     
     
         4 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the storing section stores a plurality of electronic document files in the box, the first instruction accepting section specifies a predetermined document file from the plurality of electronic document files, and the deleting processing section deletes the specified electronic document file.  
     
     
         5 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , which further comprises a control panel, and the first and second instruction accepting sections are provided at the control panel.  
     
     
         6 . An image forming apparatus connectable to a computer apparatus through a network, comprising: 
 a memory section including a box provided with a plurality of folders which store electronic document files;    a specification accepting section which accepts specifying of an electronic document file in the box, from the computer apparatus;    an archiving section configured to execute archiving the electronic document file specified at the specification accepting section; and    an outputting section configured to output the electronic document file archived by the archiving section to the computer apparatus.    
     
     
         7 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , which further comprises a scan section, a printer section and a facsimile section, and an electronic document file to be stored in the box is any of scan data read at a scan time, print data sent from the computer apparatus, scan data read by the scan section at a copy time and image data used at a facsimile processing time.  
     
     
         8 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the specification accepting section accepts specification of a plurality of electronic document files.  
     
     
         9 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , which further comprises: 
 a receiving section configured to receive the archived electronic document file output to the computer apparatus by the outputting section, from the computer apparatus;    a restoring section configured to restore the archived electronic document file received by the receiving section to an original electronic document file; and    a storing section configured to store in the box the electronic document file restored by the restoring section.    
     
     
         10 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the memory section includes a plurality of said boxes, and the storing section stores the restored electronic document file in a box other than the box in which the electronic document file is stored before being output by the outputting section.  
     
     
         11 . A computer apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus through a network, comprising: 
 a setting storing section configured to store setting for acquiring an electronic document file from a box for storing an electronic document file, which is provided in a memory section in the image forming apparatus;    an accessing section configured to access the box based on the setting stored in the setting storing section;    an acquiring section configured to acquire the stored electronic document file from the box accessed by the accessing section; and    a storing section configured to store the electronic document file acquired by the acquiring section, after the electronic document file is acquired by the data acquiring section.    
     
     
         12 . The computer apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein setting by the setting storing section includes setting of the box of the image forming apparatus, a format type in which the electronic document file is stored, timing at which the electronic document file is acquired, and a storage portion in which the acquired electronic document file is to be stored.  
     
     
         13 . The computer apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the setting of the timing at which the electronic document file is acquired is determination of intervals at which connection is effected.  
     
     
         14 . The computer apparatus according to  claim 12 , which further comprises: 
 a format type determining section configured to determine whether a format type of the electronic document file acquired by the acquiring section is coincident with the format type set by the setting storing section; and    a format converting section configured to convert the format type of the electronic document file into the format type set by the setting storing section, when the format type determining section determines that the format type of the electronic document file is not coincident with the format type set by the setting storing section.    
     
     
         15 . The computer apparatus according to  claim 11 , which further comprises: 
 a determining section configured to determine whether electronic document files stored in the box are all acquired or not;    an access cutting section configured to cut access to the box, after the determining section determines that the electronic document files are all acquired.