US 6,747,751 B2 · Image formation apparatus having image memory

Abstract

An image formation apparatus which has a memory for storing plural read images is provided. In the apparatus, setting of a second copy job and image reading are possible even if a first copy job is being executed. Further, even if feeder jam or printer jam occurs in the first copy job when the second copy job is being set, such the jam is displayed at appropriate timing, so that operability of the apparatus can be significantly improved.

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Dependent claims

An image formation apparatus comprising:

an image reader for reading an image of an original;
a memory for storing the image read by said image reader;
a printer for printing the image stored in said memory, on a recording paper;
a display for displaying a screen concerning a copy job;
and
a controller for changing the screen on said display from a screen concerning a first copy job to a screen concerning a second copy job in response to a user instruction for a copy reservation,
wherein said controller causes, in a case where an abnormality in the first copy job is detected during the setting of the second copy job for the copy reservation, said display to display a screen on which the user can indicate that a screen regarding the abnormality is displayed on said display,
wherein said controller causes said display to display the screen regarding the abnormality in response to a user indication.

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Description17,124 words

Summary659 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to an image formation apparatus which has an image memory, and in which, during execution of one job, a setting operation for the other job can be performed.

#2. Related Background Art

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#FIG. 1 is a sectional view for explaining a structure of an image formation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a control structure of the image formation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a structure of an image process unit shown in FIG. 2;

Detailed description15,647 words

#(First Embodiment)

#FIG. 1 is a sectional view for explaining a structure of an image formation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which is composed of an image formation apparatus body 100 and an automatic original feeder (DF) 180.

#In the drawing, numeral 100 denotes the image formation apparatus body, and numeral 180 denotes the DF.

Facts

Application

10/122,321Filed 16 Apr 2002 · division

Priority

JP 9-29243524 Oct 1997

Published

US 2002/0067496 A117 Oct 2002

Granted

8 Jun 2004

Term ended

31 May 2019

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 221 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification3 codes

G06K 15/00
Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
G06K 15/005
Interacting with the operator: only locally
G06K
Graphical data reading

Image formation apparatus having image memory

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