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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Yoshihito Osari, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masahiro Serizawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Rieko Akiba, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shunsaku Kondo, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet by an image forming device based on image information, and which discharges the sheet on which the image is formed. The apparatus has a proof printing mode in which, when, in the process of forming an image on sheets to form a plurality of copies of the image, the sheets having the image formed thereon to form a first copy is discharged, the image formation is temporarily stopped by an image formation stopping device. The apparatus also has a mode controller for automatically setting the proof printing mode when execution of a predetermined process mode is selected.