IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD

• Main Authors: YAMADA TATSUTOSHI, EGUCHI TATSUYA, WATANABE ISAO, LIN KANG-PING, MITSUI YASUTOMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2009
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suitably utilize an image forming apparatus as an information hub when a disaster occurs. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 2 is equipped with a disaster detecting part 105 which detects occurrence of the disaster, and a flag preserving part 101 which preserves a process...