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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1991
Yoshiaki Takano, Toyohashi, JP;
Tadafumi Shimizu, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Ideyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Manabu Kamitamari, Toyokawa, JP;
Kadotaro Nishimori, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Hatta, Toyokawa, JP;
Masazumi Ito, Toyohashi, JP;
Tsugihito Yoshiyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshifumi Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hata, Ashiya, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A control system of image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes image forming apparatus and a portable maintenance device connectable thereto. The image forming apparatus transmits first condition data indicating conditions of the apparatus to the portable maintenance device when the portable maintenance device is connected thereto, and the portable maintenance device receives the condition data from the image forming apparatus when it is connected to the image forming apparatus. Also, the portable maintenance device can be input second condition data indicating conditions of the image forming apparatus, and displays at least one piece of stored guide information on the basis of the first and second condition data.