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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2005
Applicant:
Hitoshi Osaka, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Osaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image-forming device comprises an identifier-storage unit for storing an identifier in correlation with one of a plurality of feeding units on which at least one sheet used for image-forming processing is loaded, a specification unit for specifying the feeding unit by using the identifier, and a usability-determination unit for determining whether use of the specified feeding unit is permitted, where the image-forming device forms an image by feeding the sheet from the specified feeding unit based on the determination result made by the usability-determination unit.