Copier with an optional facsimile function and method of controlling the same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSeiji Sakata
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Abstract
A copier with an optional facsimile mechanism and a method of controlling such a copier. A person can easily and efficiently switch the operation mode of the copier from a copy mode to a facsimile mode and from the facsimile mode to the copy mode.
Claims14
A copier with an optional facsimile function, comprising:
- mode selecting means;
- mode displaying means;
- mode display holding means;
- and
- control means for controlling said mode selecting means, said mode displaying means and said mode display holding means such that when said mode selecting means is operated to switch a copy mode to a facsimile mode, said mode display holding means holds the copy mode and, when said mode selecting means is operated to switch the facsimile mode back to the copy mode, said mode displaying means displays the mode which is held by said mode display holding means.
A copier with an optional facsimile function, comprising:
- mode selecting means;
- automatic document feeding means;
- document detecting means for determining whether or not an original document is present on a glass platen;
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- control means for controlling said mode selecting means,
- said automatic document feeding means and said document detecting means such that when an original document left on the glass platen is detected by said document detecting means when said mode selecting means is operated to switch a copy mode to a facsimile mode, said automatic document feeding means discharges said document in response to an output signal of said document detecting means.
A copier with an optional facsimile function, comprising:
- mode selecting means;
- a cover plate for pressing a document which is laid on a glass platen;
- document detecting means for determining whether or not an original document is present on the glass platen;
- warning means;
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- control means for controlling said mode selecting means, said document detecting means and said warning means such that if an original document left on the glass platen is detected by said document detecting means when said mode selection means is operated to switch a copy mode to a facsimile mode, said warning means produces a warning indicative of the presence of the document.
In a method of controlling a copier with an optional facsimile function, the improvement wherein an initial mode selected from a facsimile mode and a copier mode is automatically recovered when said copier is not operated for more than a predetermined period of time.
A copier with an optional facsimile function, comprising:
- a copy display panel having a group of keys arranged thereon which are usable in a copy mode;
- a facsimile display panel having a group of keys arranged thereon which are usable in a facsimile mode, said facsimile display panel being slidingly movable between a first position where said facsimile display panel covers said copy display panel and a second position where said facsimile display panel is not visible;
- detecting means for detecting that said facsimile display panel is located n the first position;
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- control means for selecting a facsimile mode when said detecting means detects that said facsimile display panel is in the first position, while selecting a copy mode when otherwise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.