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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:
Mar. 12, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1989
Fumitaka Maruo, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Hosoya, Yokosuka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image processor, a print engine, optional units, and a serial signal line. The print engine includes a device managing a variety of information including data relating to its own status and data relating to status of the otpional units. The variety of information are represented by corresponding codes based on total status of the image forming means and the optional units. Each of the optional units includes a device for managing the aforementioned data relating to its own status, and a device for sending the print engine the data relating to its own status.
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