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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Satoru Tao, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Komatsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Tao, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Komatsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an engine controller configured to control an operation of the image forming apparatus; an image processing controller including a constant log storage configured to temporarily store a log of the engine controller; a network controller configured to store the log, which is stored in the constant log storage, in another device via a network or in a storage of the image forming apparatus, according to a command from the engine controller; a communication line configured to communicably couple the engine controller to the image processing controller, and to communicably couple the image processing controller to the network controller; and an exclusive-use communication line configured to communicably couple the engine controller to the network controller, and to be used to report the command from the engine controller to the network controller.