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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sumiko Nishimura, Toyohashi, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroharu Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Toyokawa, JP;
Takatsugu Kuno, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358468 ; 358474 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus stores a plurality of jobs. When a process for a job is temporarily stopped due to any trouble of the apparatus or interruption, the job is not automatically resumed if an image reader and a printer operate for the same job. If the image reader and the printer operate for different jobs, only the printing operation is automatically resumed. In this case, the reading operation of the image reader is not automatically resumed.