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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Atsumi, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroaki Sugimoto, Toyoake, JP;
Hiroyasu Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Tatsuro Asano, Toyokawa, JP;
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Atsumi, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroaki Sugimoto, Toyoake, JP;
Hiroyasu Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Tatsuro Asano, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus with increased convenience of setting an operation panel includes a touch panel LCD, an LCD controller, a video RAM, a control RAM, a panel CPU performing an operation for realizing the image forming apparatus based on data input from outside, a nonvolatile RAM a backup power supply, a flash ROM, a communication unit, a printer CPU performing communications for realizing image formation processing with the panel CPU through the communication unit, an input/output unit, a control RAM, an image RAM, a flash ROM, and an external I/F controller.