Invention Grant
US08174715B2 Image forming apparatus that prints image file stored in external memory
有权
打印存储在外部存储器中的图像文件的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that prints image file stored in external memory
- Patent Title (中): 打印存储在外部存储器中的图像文件的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11762972Application Date: 2007-06-14
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Publication No.: US08174715B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Masashi Kato , Toru Tsuzuki , Hiroyuki Yamamoto , Kazuma Aoki
- Applicant: Masashi Kato , Toru Tsuzuki , Hiroyuki Yamamoto , Kazuma Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2006-177691 20060628
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06K15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a memory connecting portion, to which an external memory is detachably connected; a detecting portion that detects a connection state of the external memory; a printing portion that prints an image based on an image file to be printed which is stored in the external memory; and a controller that performs an automatic printing processing in which the controller controls the printing portion to automatically start printing the image in response to a detection by the detecting portion of connection of the external memory to the memory connecting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080043281A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-02-21
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