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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukie Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
Abstract
A control circuit of a digital copying machine sets a total current to a charger at a high level in a printing operation, sets the total current to the charger at a low level when turn-off of power to the digital copying machine has been instructed to initiate a finishing operation, and turns off the total current to the charger when the finishing operation has been completed.