Image forming apparatus
US7013098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00333
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus including: automatic document feeding means for placing multiple originals in position and feeding the originals one by one; document reading means; printing means for printing on paper image data acquired by the reading means; document detecting means, provided in the automatic document feeding means, for detecting the originals; paper detecting means for detecting paper; operation means for capturing user's operations; and control means for receiving an interrupt operation instruction given by the user through the operation means, determining executable operation modes according to the transport states of the originals and paper detected by the document detecting means and the paper detecting means, and outputting the executable operation mode selected through the operation means.
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