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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 82 ; 270 5807 ; 345902 ; 358448 ; 358453 ; 399407 ; 399410 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is capable of performing a plurality of processes for a sheet provided with an image such as stapling and punching. When two different processes are set together, the image forming apparatus displays a particular screen for making a user select positions for these processes. Thus, the incidence of setting errors can be reduced when the user sets the two processes in combination with each other.