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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirohisa Sawada, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); G06F 3/1278 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/00392 (2013.01); H04N 1/00477 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus.