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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiko Banno, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358434 ; 358443 ; 358476 ; 34082505 ;
Abstract
An image forming system comprises one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and a host system coupled thereto. Each image forming apparatus is provided with a control part for reading out status information on the image forming apparatus at an arbitrary time. The obtained status information may be displayed or printed at the image forming apparatus and/or supplied to the host system.