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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400582 ; 400 76 ; 400 70 ; 400 61 ;
Abstract
A printer for forming images in accordance with print jobs from computers connected to a network, and which discharges the sheets bearing the formed image to a plurality of bins per job. A printer which outputs to a computer a signal warning that sheets have not been removed at a specific event of turning ON the power source of a computer or power source of a printer, or canceling a sleep mode when paper has been forgotten and remains in a bin.