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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:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hisao Terajima, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41B 1/00 ; B41F 1/00 ; B41J 1/00 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41B 1/00 ; B41F 1/00 ; B41J 1/00 ; G06F 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image based on data received from a plurality of data sources of different kinds includes a receiver for receiving data from each of the plurality of data sources; a memory for storing data received by the receiver; a recording unit for forming an image based on data read from the memory; a determination unit for determining whether or not image formation by the recording unit is currently being performed; and an output unit for generating a command for setting the recording unit in a specific one of a plurality of printing modes.