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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidetomo Nishiyama, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yasuhiro Nakai, Soraku-gun, JP;
Syoichiro Yoshiura, Tenri, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358-116 ; 358-114 ; 358-115 ; 358296 ;
Abstract
An image forming system, wherein a second digital copying machine stores image data temporarily on behalf of a first digital copying machine at its request and returns the stored image data upon receipt of a return request. When the second digital copying machine has not received any return request from the first digital copying machine within a predetermined period, the second digital copying machine erases the stored image data to utilize its own memory efficiently.