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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Itogawa, Mizuho, JP;
Satoshi Esaki, Kanazawa, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G03G 15/5079 (2013.01); G06F 3/1212 (2013.01); G06F 3/1248 (2013.01); G06F 3/128 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06F 3/1298 (2013.01); G06F 3/1286 (2013.01);
Abstract
An MFPincludes an image forming unitwhich forms an image on a sheet S, a USB interfacewhich is to be connected to a PCvia a USB and receives a preceding command described in accordance with a control transfer protocol that is a transfer scheme of USB connection, and a CPUwhich executes a preparation operation of the image forming unit, in response to receiving the preceding command by the USB interface. The preceding command is described to instruct the preparation operation of the image forming unit