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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Kiichirou Shimizu, Fujisawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kiichirou Shimizu, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the image forming apparatus are provided. When a finisher is installed onto the image forming apparatus and a communication failure between the finisher and the image forming apparatus is detected, the image forming apparatus causes both of a post processing operation and a double-sided printing operation to be unavailable for selection by a user.