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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Masakatsu Yamada, Moriya, JP;
Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Toride, JP;
Takafumi Katayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Daigo Nakagawa, Toride, JP;
Hirohisa Sawada, Abiko, JP;
Fumihiko Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Sasae, Toride, JP;
Masakatsu Yamada, Moriya, JP;
Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Toride, JP;
Takafumi Katayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Daigo Nakagawa, Toride, JP;
Hirohisa Sawada, Abiko, JP;
Fumihiko Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Sasae, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus includes a first unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, a second unit configured to open/close relative to the first unit, and an instructing unit configured to perform an instruction for causing the image-forming apparatus to execute a predetermined operation, wherein the image-forming apparatus is disabled from executing the predetermined operation regardless of whether instruction is performed by the instructing unit when the second unit is in an opened state, and wherein the first unit forms an image on a recording medium regardless of whether the second unit is in an opened state.