Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Watanabe
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Abstract
According to the embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a writing unit, and a processor. The processor forms a first image again on a third sheet, when the writing unit does not succeed in writing information in a wireless tag of a first sheet, on which the first image is formed by the image forming unit. Further, the processor discharges the third sheet prior to a second sheet, on which a second image is formed, the second image being next to the first image.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms images with a toner on sheets conveyed in sequence;
- a fixer device that fixes the formed image on a sheet;
- a writing unit that writes information in a wireless tag of a sheet, on which an image is fixed by the fixer device;
- and
- a first processor that determines whether the writing unit succeeds in or does not succeed in writing the information in the wireless tag and outputs a result of the determination;
- a first tray;
- a second tray;
- a control panel that accepts a setting of one of a first mode on which a sheet conveyance order is guaranteed and a second mode on which the sheet conveyance order is not guaranteed;
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- a second processor that:
- in a case where the control panel accepts the setting of the first mode, controls the image formation by the image forming unit to form a first image on a first sheet, and
- in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the first processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, controls the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a second image on a second sheet, the second image being next to the first image,
- in a case where the control panel accepts the setting of the second mode, controls the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a first image on a first sheet and controls the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a second image on the second sheet without receiving the determination result, outputted by the first processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, and
- in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the first processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, controls conveyance of sheets to discharge the first sheet to the first tray, and in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the first processor, determining that the writing unit does not succeed in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, controls conveyance of sheets to discharge the first sheet to the second tray.
An image forming method for an image forming apparatus having an image forming unit that forms images on sheets conveyed in sequence with a toner, a fixer device that fixes the formed image on a sheet, a writing unit that writes information in a wireless tag of a sheet, on which an image is fixed by the fixer device, a processor that determines whether the writing unit succeeds in or does not succeed in writing the information in the wireless tag and outputs a result of the determination, and a control panel that accepts setting of one of a first mode on which a sheet conveyance order is guaranteed and a second mode on which the sheet conveyance order is not guaranteed, the image forming method comprising:
- in a case where the control panel accepts the setting of the first mode, controlling the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a first image on a first sheet, and
- in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the second sheet, controlling the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a second image on a second sheet, the second image being next to the first image,
- in a case where the control panel accepts the setting of the second mode, controlling the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a first image on a first sheet and controlling the image-formation by the image forming unit to form a second image on the second sheet without receiving the determination result, outputted by the processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, and
- in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the processor, determining that the writing unit succeeds in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, controlling conveyance of sheets to discharge the first sheet to the first tray, and in a case of receiving the determination result, outputted by the processor, determining that the writing unit does not succeed in writing the information in the wireless tag of the first sheet, controlling conveyance of sheets to discharge the first sheet to the second tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.