US 5,710,956 AGranted

Image forming apparatus with judging device for judging whether to continue or stop an initialization process

AssigneeKonica Corporation

InventorsTakao Kurohata, Kenji Taki, Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Chiharu Kobayashi, Kojiro Akutsu

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a sequence memory to store a sequence of an initialization processing to be conducted only at an installation of the apparatus, an adjuster to adjust the apparatus in accordance with the initialization, an apparatus status indicator to indicate whether the apparatus is new or not. The apparatus further includes a controller so that the adjuster adjusts the apparatus on the basis of the status of the indicator. A judging device judges whether to continue or stop the initialization process on the basis of a predetermined state of the apparatus such as whether a process unit is new or old or whether a cover is attached to a photoreceptor or not.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

(a) a sequence memory for storing an initialization processing sequence to be conducted only at installation of the apparatus;
(b) an adjusting means for adjusting the apparatus in accordance with the initialization processing sequence stored in said sequence memory;
(c) apparatus status indicating means for indicating whether the apparatus is new;
(d) control means for controlling said adjusting means so that said adjusting means adjusts the apparatus when said apparatus status indicating means indicates that the apparatus is new;
and
(e) judging means for judging whether to continue or interrupt the initialization processing sequence on the basis of a predetermined state of the apparatus,
wherein said judging means includes means for judging to continue the initialization processing sequence when all units of the apparatus to be initially adjusted are new, and to stop the initialization processing sequence when at least one unit of the apparatus to be initially adjusted is old.

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