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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1995
Lorraine F Barrett, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
William C Russell, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Daniel A Danknick, Orange, CA (US);
Canon Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device which interfaces between a local area network (LAN) and an image forming apparatus and which can output debug information. The network device includes a LAN interface for receiving image forming jobs and command signals from the LAN and a peripheral interface for outputting image forming jobs to the image forming apparatus. The network device further includes a storage device that stores debug information regarding the network device configuration for receiving image forming jobs from the LAN and outputting image forming jobs to the image forming apparatus. In addition, the network device has a processor that detects a triggering condition and, in response to the triggering condition, formats the debug information into an image forming job and outputs the formatted debug information to the image forming apparatus.