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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:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noboru Ogino, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358437 ; 399 87 ; 399410 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus arranged to form and output a plurality of images of a plurality of original documents onto a plurality of sheets in an electronic sorting mode and having a control unit for controlling an image forming mechanism in such a manner that standby is performed during an operation for printing for each unit of groups of the sheets even if an instruction to perform interruption printing is issued, and the interruption printing process is performed after the group unit printing has been completed.