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Image forming apparatus

US6603937B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 17, 2001
Grant dateAug 5, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00109
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a complex image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the complex image forming apparatus is changed.

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