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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Seiya Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Seiya Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for receiving a printing instruction of image data and forming an image according to the printing instruction includes a wireless communication device, an input unit, and a connector storage portion. The wireless communication device is disposed at a body of the image forming apparatus and has a cable and an output connector. The input unit has a wireless connection port to connect the output connector via the cable and a wired connection port to connect a wired cable from an external device. The input unit receives a printing instruction from any one of the wireless connection port and the wired connection port. The connector storage portion stores the output connector removed from the wireless connection port when the wireless communication device is not used. The connector storage portion, the wireless connection port, and the wired connection port are concentrated in one location.