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EP0461671A2
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Image forming apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-06-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-06-14
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed an image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine, capable of various image forming modes. The image forming mode can be selected by feeding a mode registration format sheet into the apparatus. The format sheet can be a marking sheet, on which the operator can designate the desired image forming mode, and can be printed by the image forming apparatus itself in response to an instruction by the operator, so that the format sheet need not be prepared elsewhere in advance. Also the content of the format sheet, printed by the image forming apparatus, is varied according to the available copying modes, depending on the connection status of external processing units such as document feeder and sorter to the image forming apparatus. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Tadashi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Suzuki
- 👤 Isamu Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
- 👤 Masatoshi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tanabe
- 👤 Kazuhiko Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Hirooka
- 👤 Yoshio Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Mizuno
- 👤 Yoshihiko Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00355; H04N1/00358; H04N1/00366; H04N1/00368; H04N1/00371; H04N1/00379; H04N1/00962; H04N1/00968; H04N1/32; H04N1/32561; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/0082
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
An image forming apparatus capable of image formation in a desired image forming mode, comprising: reader means for reading a mode registration format member for registering said image forming mode; control means for registering an image forming mode, based on image data obtained by said reader means; memory means for storing, in advance, data representing said mode registration format; and image forming means for reading said mode registration format data from said memory means and effecting image formation to obtain said mode registration format member to be used in said image forming apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reader means is adapted to read an original image, and said image forming means is adapted to effect image formation according to image data obtained by said reader means, thereby copying said original image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a signal generating unit for generating a signal for initiating the image formation of said mode registration format, wherein said image forming means is adapted, in response to said signal from said signal generating unit, to effect image formation by reading said mode registration format data from said memory means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said control means is adapted to discriminate the presence or absence of said original image according to the image data from said reader means and is adapted, in the absence of said original image, to cause said signal generating unit to generate a signal, thereby causing image formation by reading of said mode registration format data from said memory means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said signal generating unit is adapted to generate a signal in response to an external input.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means is adapted to discriminate whether said original image is a mode registration format member, based on image data from said reader means, and, if a mode registration format member is identified, to register an image forming mode based on said image data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said mode registration format member is a marking sheet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
144 words
An image forming apparatus capable of image formation according to a desired image forming mode, comprising: reader means for reading a mode registration format member for registering said image forming mode; control means for registering an image forming mode according to image data obtained from said reader means; memory means for storing, in advance, data representing said mode registration format; image forming means for reading said mode registration format data from said memory means and effecting image formation to obtain a mode registration format member to be used in said image forming apparatus; and discrimination means for discriminating, in advance, whether said image forming mode is executable in said image forming apparatus; wherein said control means is adapted to cause said image forming means to form a mode registration format member of a format, corresponding to the result of discrimination by said discrimination means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said discrimination means discriminates whether said image forming mode is executable, based on the connection state of an external processing unit relating to said image forming mode on said image forming apparatus.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said external processing unit is a sorter for classifying and storing the sheets subjected to image formation in said image forming apparatus.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said reader means is adapted to read an original image, and said image forming means is adapted to effect image formation according to image data obtained by said reader means, thereby copying said original image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said discrimination means discriminates whether said image forming mode is executable, based on the connecting state of an external processing unit relating to said image forming mode on said image forming apparatus.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said external processing unit is a feeder for automatically feeding said original image and said mode registration format member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image forming apparatus capable of image formation with a desired image forming mode, comprising: a reader for reading a mode registration format member for registering said image forming mode; a controller for registering an image forming mode, based on image data obtained by said reader; a memory medium for storing, in advance, data representing said mode registration format; and a printer for reading said mode registration format data from said memory medium and printing said mode registration format member to be used in said image forming apparatus.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein: said reader is adapted to read an original image; and said controller is adapted, when said reader reads said original image, to cause said printer to effect image formation, based on image data obtained by said reader thereby copying said original image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said controller is adapted not to effect said copying operation when said reader reads said mode registration format.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said memory medium is a semiconductor memory.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said printer is an electrophotographic printer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said printer is a bubble jet printer in which bubbles are thermally generated in ink and said ink is discharged by the pressure of said bubbles.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said mode registration format member is a marking sheet.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said mode registration format sheet printed by said printer includes unfixed image forming modes.
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