Image forming apparatus, medium ejection method, and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhiko Kikuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor, an image forming unit, a radio communication unit, a receiving unit, and a shielding member. The processor controls supply and ejection of a medium with a radio tag, which is to be housed in a housing unit. The image forming unit forms an image in the supplied medium. The radio communication unit transmits a radio wave for writing information to the radio tag of the supplied medium. The receiving unit receives the ejected medium. The shielding member is formed in a part of the receiving unit and shields radio waves transmitted from the radio communication unit.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to control supply and ejection of a medium which is housed in a housing unit and to which a radio tag is attached;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on the supplied medium;
- a radio communication unit configured to transmit a radio wave for writing information to the radio tag of the supplied medium;
- a receiving unit configured to receive the ejected medium;
- and
- a shielding member formed in a part of the receiving unit and configured to shield a radio wave transmitted from the radio communication unit, wherein
- the receiving unit includes a first tray and a second tray,
- the first tray includes the shielding member,
- a first distance from the radio communication unit to the first tray is shorter than a distance from the radio communication unit to the second tray, and
- the processor ejects the medium to the first tray provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium satisfies a condition for writing of information to the radio tag, and ejects the medium to the second tray not provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium does not satisfy the condition for writing.
A medium ejection method applicable to an image forming apparatus including a processor configured to control supply and ejection of a medium which is housed in a housing unit and to which a radio tag is attached, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the supplied medium, a radio communication unit configured to transmit a radio wave for writing information to the radio tag of the supplied medium, a receiving unit configured to receive the ejected medium, and a shielding member formed in a part of the receiving unit and configured to shield a radio wave transmitted from the radio communication unit, the medium ejection method comprising:
- ejecting the medium to the first tray provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium satisfies a condition for writing of information to the radio tag;
- and
- ejecting the medium to the second tray not provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium does not satisfy the condition for writing,
- wherein a first distance from the radio communication unit to the first tray is shorter than a distance from the radio communication unit to the second tray.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing medium ejection applicable to an image forming apparatus including a processor configured to control supply and ejection of a medium which is housed in a housing unit and to which a radio tag is attached, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the supplied medium, a radio communication unit configured to transmit a radio wave for writing information to the radio tag of the supplied medium, a receiving unit configured to receive the ejected medium, and a shielding member formed in a part of the receiving unit and configured to shield a radio wave transmitted from the radio communication unit, the program executing:
- ejecting the medium to the first tray provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium satisfies a condition for writing of information to the radio tag;
- and
- ejecting the medium to the second tray not provided with the shielding member in a case where the medium does not satisfy the condition for writing,
- wherein a first distance from the radio communication unit to the first tray is shorter than a distance from the radio communication unit to the second tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.