Image forming apparatus which determines if memory will overflow before reading an image to store in the memory
US5877864A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3287
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which stores image data of an image of each page of an original document into a memory and then outputs the image data stored in the memory in order of pages of the original document to record the corresponding image on a recording medium for producing a requested number of sets of copies of the original document. A controller determines, each time after image data for one page of the original document is stored in the memory, whether or not the memory will overflow if image data of a next page of the original document is stored in the memory. The controller prohibits reading of an image of the next page of the original document when it determines that the memory will overflow.
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