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Apparatus for remotely operating output terminals of a copying machine or the like during self-diagnosis

  • US 4,498,130 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1982
  • Issued: 02/05/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for operating output means of a copying machine during a diagnosis operating mode, said machine being capable of operating in a normal operating mode and a diagnosis mode, said machine having a controlling front panel, a plurality of said output means coupled to said front panel, said apparatus being of the type having operating means for operating said output means during said diagnosis mode in response to stop and start instruction signals and first control means at said front panel for providing said start and stop instruction signals, the improvement comprising:

  • second control means providing start and stop instructions signals, said second control means comprising a plurality of control elements each corresponding to a different output means, and each control element being located remote from said front panel and in the vicinity of the output means to which it corresponds; and

    said operating means operating said output means in response to stop and start instruction signals from at least one of said first and second control means.

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