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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2008
Yoshinobu Takeyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Takeyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is capable of reducing the vast amounts of image forming apparatus input lines by placing detection data from a plurality of detectors on a single signal line. An image forming apparatus may include an image forming controller configured to control a movement of the image forming apparatus, plural drivers configured to drive plural actuators, an identification controller configured to be coupled to a data signal line, an identification signal line and a term signal line, wherein the identification controller is configured to identify one of the plural drivers based on a term signal and an identification signal that are output from the image forming controller, and to output a driving signal from the image forming controller to the identified driver.