Image forming apparatus having a memory and two operating modes, and method of using same
US5491557A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3288
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a document transport mechanism for transporting a document to a reading station, an image reading unit for reading an image of the document at the reading station and for outputting image data descriptive of the image of the document, a image forming unit for performing an image formation based on the image data, a memory for storing the image data, a data writing unit for transferring and writing the image data to the memory, and a data reading unit for reading the image data from the storage means in readiness for a transfer of the image data to the image forming unit. A control unit is provided for controlling a data write operation, performed by the data writing unit, and a data read operation, performed by the data reading unit, so as to be accomplished independently and in parallel relation with each other.
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