US 12,554,210 B2 · Image forming device

Abstract

An image forming device includes a communication device that communicates with a wireless tag, and an image former that forms a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor via a transfer belt. The image former includes a transferor that transfers the developer image from the transfer belt to a medium, and a transmitter configured to transmit the medium to the transferor. The image forming device includes a controller communicably coupled to the image former. The controller includes a processor that controls an operation of the transmitter. When communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not ended, the controller controls the transmitter to stop the medium, and after the developer image has been transferred to the transfer belt by the image former and passes a transfer position of the transferor, transmit the medium preventing the developer image on the transfer belt from being transferred to the medium.

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Dependent claims

An image forming device comprising:

a communication device configured to communicate with a wireless tag;
an image former configured to form a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor via a transfer belt, the image former comprising:
a transferor configured to transfer the developer image from the transfer belt to a medium provided with the wireless tag communicating with the communication device;
a transmitter configured to transmit the medium to the transferor;
and
a controller communicably coupled to the image former, the controller comprising:
a processor configured to control an operation of the transmitter;
wherein when communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not ended, the controller is configured to control the transmitter to:
stop the medium, and
after the developer image has been transferred to the transfer belt by the image former and passes a transfer position of the transferor, transmit the medium preventing the developer image on the transfer belt from being transferred to the medium.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer of an image forming device to:

communicate, by a communication device, with a wireless tag, the communication device configured to read from the wireless tag and write to the wireless tag;
form, by an image former, a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor via a transfer belt;
transfer, by a transferor, the developer image from the transfer belt to a medium provided with the wireless tag communicating with the communication device;
transmit, by a transmitter configured, the medium to the transferor;
and
control, by a controller, when communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not ended, the transmitter to:
stop the medium, and
after the developer image has been transferred to the transfer belt by the image former and passes a transfer position of the transferor, transmit the medium preventing the developer image on the transfer belt from being transferred to the medium.

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A method for operating an image forming device comprising:

communicating, by a communication device, with a wireless tag, the communication device configured to read from the wireless tag and write to the wireless tag;
forming, by an image former, a developer image on a surface of a photoreceptor via a transfer belt;
transferring, by a transferor, the developer image from the transfer belt to a medium provided with the wireless tag communicating with the communication device;
transmitting, by a transmitter configured, the medium to the transferor;
and
controlling, by a controller, when communication with the wireless tag by the communication device is not ended, the transmitter to:
stop the medium, and
after the developer image has been transferred to the transfer belt by the image former and passes a transfer position of the transferor, transmit the medium preventing the developer image on the transfer belt from being transferred to the medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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