IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230370560A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18212424

    申请日:2023-06-21

    Inventor: YOHICHI KIMURA

    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a controller, a communicator that communicates with a management server, and an image former that forms an image. The communicator includes a first communicator and a second communicator. The controller transmits usage information of the image forming apparatus and state information of the image forming apparatus to the management server via the first communicator, and if an abnormality occurs in the first communicator, the controller transmits the usage information of the image forming apparatus or the state information of the image forming apparatus to the management server via the second communicator.

    Multifunction apparatus and control method for multifunction apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11805212B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US18062657

    申请日:2022-12-07

    Abstract: A multifunction apparatus includes a reading mechanism including a document discharge port configured to discharge a document, a recording mechanism including a medium discharge port configured to discharge a recording medium, and a control unit, and a path through which a leading end of the recording medium discharged from the medium discharge port passes and the document discharged from the document discharge port have such a positional relationship to intersect with each other at an intersecting position, and when the leading end of the recording medium is discharged from the medium discharge port in a stop state where the document discharged from the document discharge port blocks the path of the leading end of the recording medium discharged from the medium discharge port, the control unit performs a predetermined operation for canceling the stop state before causing the leading end of the recording medium to reach the intersecting position.

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