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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Nobuyuki Hoshi, Shibata-gun, JP;
Mituru Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Hoshi, Shibata-gun, JP;
Mituru Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.