McDermott, Will & Emery
Image forming apparatus having simultaneous reading and printing operations and job recovery therefor
 An image forming apparatus capable of simultaneously performing an image forming operation of a first job and an image reading operation of a second job wherein the jobs comprise a plurality of sheets. The apparatus has a controller which continues the image reading operation of the second job even when the image forming operation of the first job is stopped, and prohibits the start of an image reading operation of a third job different from said first and second job when the image reading operation of said second job ends. 
Minolta Co., Ltd.
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Kazuo Junko Hiroshi
Inui Natsume Yamada