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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. 11, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoji Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 19 ; 358502 ; 358504 ; 347-3 ; 347-7 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a color facsimile apparatus capable of communication of a color image, utilizing plural colorants in the printing unit, wherein, when one of the colorants runs out in the printing unit, such colorant is replaced by another colorant and the image printout is conducted with a varied resolution, for example with a reduced image size, in order that the operator can immediately recognize the absence of the colorant.