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US 8,150,274 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for image forming
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Takahira, Toshio Kitazawa, Kazuma Saitoh, Hideaki Matsui
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a process cartridge that is removable from the image forming apparatus. When the process cartridge is installed, the image forming apparatus automatically searches a print job that matches the process cartridge that is currently installed onto the image forming apparatus.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming device provided with one of a first process cartridge removable from the image forming apparatus and a second process cartridge removable from the image forming apparatus;
- a storage device configured to store therein a print job;
- a detector configured to detect installation of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge onto the image forming apparatus;
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- a controller configured to be activated by the detector when installation of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge is detected and to automatically search through the storage device to obtain a print job that matches the type of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge that is currently installed.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- means for forming an image of print data using one of a first process cartridge removable from the image forming apparatus and a second process cartridge removable from the image forming apparatus;
- means for storing therein a print job;
- means for detecting installation of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge onto the image forming apparatus;
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- means for automatically searching through the means for storing to obtain a print job that matches the type of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge that is currently installed, the means for searching being automatically activated by the means for detecting when installation of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge is detected.
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An image forming method, comprising:
- storing a print job previously received by an image forming apparatus in a storage device;
- detecting installation of one of a first process cartridge and a second process cartridge onto the image forming apparatus, the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge each being removable from the image forming apparatus;
- searching through the storage device to obtain a print job that matches the type of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge that is currently installed, the searching being automatically performed when the detecting detects installation of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge;
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- forming an image of print data for the print job that matches the type of one of the first process cartridge and the second process cartridge that is currently installed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.