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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Kunishi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 29 ;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, and related method of forming an image, having a copy function, a printer function, and a facsimile function, when the absence of the toner is detected, a copy or a data print from a computer is inhibited but a recording of an image which was facsimile received is permitted. Thus, a situation such that the facsimile reception cannot be performed due to the absence of the toner at night or the like is prevented.