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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Satoshi Miyazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahira, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Kitazawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Kazuma Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Miyazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahira, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Kitazawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Kazuma Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a process cartridge that is removable from the image forming apparatus. When the process cartridge is installed, the image forming apparatus automatically searches a print job that matches the process cartridge that is currently installed onto the image forming apparatus.