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US 4,965,676 AGranted
Facsimile remote diagnostic system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd. and Ricoh Corporation
InventorsKoichi Ejiri, Tina Jeng, Rithy Roth, Lak M. Lam
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Abstract
A remote diagnostic system provides remote diagnostics for one or more facsimile apparatus. The system comprises facsimile, a communication control adapter and a personal computer (with expert knowledge). The system includes several kinds of data files which work under a window environment, together with communication software, to look up and rewrite the buffer memory in each facsimile.
Claims6
A remote facsimile diagnostic system comprising
- one or more facsimile apparatus,
- remote diagnostic means for remotely communicating with each of said facsimile apparatus including communication,
- adapter means for controlling communications with said facsimile apparatus,
- a telephone line connected between each of said facsimile apparatus and said remote diagnostic means, and
- remote control means for providing remote diagnostics of each of said facsimile apparatus through said communication adapter means over said telephone line wherein said control means is a programmed personal computer, including means for storing programmed control instructions for providing diagnostics to said facsimile apparatus.
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