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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Tatsuo Nomura, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yuhji Okamoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Syoichiro Yoshiura, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Kohki Fukuda, Nara, JP;
Keiichi Hasegawa, Soraku-gun, JP;
Seiji Takeda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Tatsuo Nomura, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yuhji Okamoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Syoichiro Yoshiura, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Kohki Fukuda, Nara, JP;
Keiichi Hasegawa, Soraku-gun, JP;
Seiji Takeda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display section of a scanner is connected to a printer controller of a printer via a bus line, so that detailed information regarding the scanner the printer and so on is controlled by the printer controller. Both display contents respectively regarding the printer or the scanner are stored in a VRAM of the printer controller. Because of this, the detailed information regarding the printer is displayed on the display section of the scanner, which is a large LCD. This provides an image forming system, which notifies a user of the detailed information of the printer in a such manner that the user can easily understand the detailed information, when the scanner and the printer, each of which can be used independently, are combined as a system.