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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Akihiko Kida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoto Okazaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus supporting system includes a first control unit to perform a series of controls relative to the main body that performs the image forming operation; a program storage memory connected to the first control unit via an address bus and a data bus; a non-volatile memory to store maintenance data relative to the main body and an interface circuit that enables the interface between the non-volatile memory and an external device. Further, this system includes a second control unit that controls the main body so that maintenance data can be transmitted from a non-volatile memory to the external device via the interface circuit according to input/output items designated by the external device when the first control unit is not performing the control of the image forming operation in the main body.
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