Printer
AssigneeTohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
InventorsNobuyuki Hoshi, Mituru Takahashi
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Abstract
A printer of the present invention allows a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, to be selectively connected thereto. When any one of the sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to the printer, a controller automatically sets a print speed range on the printer in accordance with print speed range information corresponding to the sheet feeding apparatus.
Claims21
A printer to which a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular number of sheet feed speeds, are connectable, said printer comprising:
- apparatus selecting/changing means for allowing any one of the plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses to be selected or changed;
- print speed display means;
- print speed selecting/changing means for allowing anyone of a plurality of print speeds to be selected or changed;
- and
- control means for displaying on said print speed display means a print speed matching a highest sheet feed speed available with the sheet feeding apparatus selected.
A printer to which a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular number of sheet feed speeds, are connectable, said printer comprising:
- apparatus selecting/changing means for allowing any one of the plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses to be selected or changed;
- print speed display means;
- print speed selecting/changing means for allowing anyone of a plurality of print speeds to be selected or changed;
- and
- control means for automatically changing, when the sheet feeding apparatus once selected is changed to another sheet feeding apparatus, and if a print speed matched with a previous sheet feeding apparatus is a highest print speed, said print speed to a highest print speed matching said another sheet feeding apparatus.
A printer to which a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses, each having a particular sheet feed speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, are selectively connectable, said printer comprising:
- storing means for storing beforehand print speed range information each matching the sheet feed speed range of a particular sheet feeding apparatus;
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- control means for selecting, when any one of said sheet feeding apparatuses is connected to said printer, a print speed range of said printer in accordance with the print speed range information corresponding to said sheet feeding apparatus connected to said printer.
A printer to which a plurality of sheet discharging apparatuses, each having a particular sheet discharge speed range adaptive to a plurality of print speeds, are selectively connectable, said printer comprising:
- storing means for storing beforehand print speed range information each matching the sheet discharge speed range of a particular sheet discharging apparatus;
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- control means for selecting, when any one of said sheet discharging apparatuses is connected to said printer, a print speed range of said printer in accordance with the print speed range information corresponding to said sheet discharging apparatus connected to said printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.