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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355323 ;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, the setting of documents on a document table, and designation of a numeric value more than '1' as the number of copies are detected. A message for inquiring whether to set a sort/stack mode is displayed and an operation is started in accordance with a mode designated by a user in response to this display.