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US 2025/0063123 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirohisa SAWADA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus.
Claims2
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a main switch,
- wherein the maintenance mode is started by pressing down the main switch in a state in which the hardware key is pressed down,
- wherein the hardware key includes a plurality of keys, and
- wherein the maintenance mode to be started is different depending on a combination of the plurality of keys.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.