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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2024
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Urakawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing having a front section and a rear section, a user interface including a display and disposed at the front section and not at the rear section, a first port disposed at the front section within which the display is completely included, and a second port disposed at the rear section. The front and rear sections are defined by imaginarily dividing the housing in half and located opposite to each other in a front-rear direction. When a first USB device for a particular function is attached to the second port, the controller performs processing using the particular function with the first USB device. When a second USB device not for the particular function is attached to the second port, the controller causes the user interface to display a notification screen corresponding to that the second USB device is attached to the second port.