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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1992
Hideo Ito, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A copying machine executing a processing for connecting a control center and a communication line by activating a modem when a trouble is detected, and transmitting data related to the trouble to the centralized control unit of the control center after the connection of the communication line is made, the machine includes a display apparatus, a communication control apparatus for monitoring the communication state of the modem, a memory in which data for display corresponding to each communication state is stored, display control apparatus for reading data for display corresponding to a communication state monitored by the communication control apparatus from the memory when a trouble is detected, and controlling the display apparatus to display the data.