Image forming apparatus capable of altering a job content and job content altering method

Patent 5669040 Issued on September 16, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 10, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Hisatake, Masayuki

Assignee

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 644110 filed on 05/10/1996

US Classes:

399/83, Having memory358/296, Recording apparatus399/82Job mode

Examiners

Primary: Brase, Sandra L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oliff & Berridge

Foreign Patent References

63-231368 JP. 09/21/1988
1-196959 JP. 08/21/1989
2-81563 JP. 03/21/1990
3-183259 JP. 08/21/1991
5-63883 JP. 03/21/1993

International Class

G03G 015/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-05-11 JP

Abstract

A job listing section displays four jobs of highest ranks in an output processing order among jobs currently stored. A window L1 indicates that a job shown therein is in a state of "printing" and windows L2-L4 indicate that jobs shown therein are in an output wait state. To check detailed settings of each job, an operator selects one of the jobs displayed on the job listing section by pressing the corresponding portion with a finger, whereby the selected job is reverse-displayed to inform the operator of the job selection. Detailed settings of the selected job are displayed on a job setting display section (pop-up window).