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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1995
Takao Kurohata, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Taki, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Chiharu Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Kojiro Akutsu, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sequence memory to store a sequence of an initialization processing to be conducted only at an installation of the apparatus, an adjuster to adjust the apparatus in accordance with the initialization, an apparatus status indicator to indicate whether the apparatus is new or not. The apparatus further includes a controller so that the adjuster adjusts the apparatus on the basis of the status of the indicator. A judging device judges whether to continue or stop the initialization process on the basis of a predetermined state of the apparatus such as whether a process unit is new or old or whether a cover is attached to a photoreceptor or not.