Image formation apparatus having erasing means responsive to operation status
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiharu Ueki, Fumio Shimazu
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus for selectively storing image data received from image data outputting means in an optical image memory by beam light and printing it out on a recording medium, the image formation apparatus including, clocking means for clocking a predetermined time after completion of printing, and erasing means for erasing contents stored in the optical image memory after the predetermined time is passed.
Claims1
An image formation apparatus for selectively storing image data received from image data outputting means in an optical image memory by beam light and printing it out on a recording medium, said image formation apparatus comprising:
- clocking means for clocking a predetermined time period after every completion of printing;
- said image data outputting means outputting command data prior to the image data,
- detecting means for detecting whether the command data contains an erase command;
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- erasing means for erasing the contents stored in the optical image memory when the predetermined time period has passed or the erase command is detected.
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