Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTomoyuki Higuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus reads a document mounted on a document positioning section by using an image reading section, and forms an image of the document on a sheet by using an image forming section. The sheet subjected to the image formation processing is mounted on a discharge tray via a discharge section. The image forming apparatus includes an operation unit that has a touch panel and that protrudes from a front portion of the image reading section, and a power button that is a hardware button provided on a back side of the operation unit and on a front portion of the image reading section.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image reading section configured to read a document mounted on a document positioning section;
- a document pressing cover configured to be opened or closed, the pressing cover being disposed on the image reading section;
- an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a discharge section configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section;
- a discharge tray configured to receive the sheet from the discharge section;
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- an operation unit including at least a liquid crystal-display (LCD);
- a power button that is a hardware button is provided on a front portion of the image forming apparatus;
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- an identification bar disposed parallel to the operation unit and identify an operational status of the image forming apparatus from a plurality of operational statuses, the identification bar identifying three or more operational statuses selected from an off state, an on state, a normal state, an abnormal state, a normal data communication transmission state, a communication error, and a sheet jam state.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image reading section configured to read a document mounted on a document positioning section;
- a document pressing cover configured to be opened or closed, the pressing cover being disposed on the image reading section;
- an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a discharge section configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section;
- a discharge tray configured to receive the sheet from the discharge section;
- an operation unit including at least a liquid crystal-display (LCD) panel display;
- a power button that is a hardware button is provided on a front portion of the image forming apparatus;
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- an identification bar disposed overlapping the panel in the width direction and identify an operational status of the image forming apparatus from a plurality of operational statuses, the identification bar identifying three or more operational statuses selected from an off state, an on state, a normal state, an abnormal state, a normal data communication transmission state, a communication error, and a sheet jam state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.