Image forming apparatus and method of discharging sheet in the same
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorSeiji TSUDUKI
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Abstract
Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a main body configured to include a front surface and a rear surface; a printing section provided in the main body and configured to form an image on a sheet according to image data and print-output the sheet; an operation panel configured to include a panel surface for giving an operation input to the printing section; a moving mechanism configured to allow the operation panel to move with respect to the main body; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the operation panel about a vertical axis over an angle range including a first angle at which the panel surface faces the front direction and a second angle at which the panel surface faces the rear direction.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body configured to include a front surface and a rear surface;
- a printing section provided in the main body and configured to form an image on a sheet according to image data and print-output the sheet;
- an operation panel configured to include a panel surface for giving an operation input to the printing section;
- a moving mechanism configured to allow the operation panel to move with respect to the main body;
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- a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the operation panel about a vertical axis over an angle range including a first angle at which the panel surface faces a front direction and a second angle at which the panel surface faces a rear direction.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body configured to include plural paper discharge ports;
- a printing section provided in the main body and configured to form an image on a sheet according to image data and print-output the sheet;
- a conveying mechanism configured to discharge the sheet to any one of the plural paper discharge ports;
- an operation panel configured to include a panel surface for inputting operation of a printing command to the conveying mechanism and the printing section;
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- a selection control section configured to detect a position of a user, who operates the operation panel, with respect to the main body and cause the conveying mechanism to discharge the sheet from any one of the plural discharge ports closest to the position.
A method of discharging a sheet in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- detecting a position of a user who gives an operation input to a panel surface of an operation panel allowed to move with respect to a main body including plural paper discharge ports;
- selecting any one paper discharge port closest to the position among the plural paper discharge ports;
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- forming an image on a sheet according to image data under a printing command to the main body and discharging the sheet to a tray connected to the selected paper discharge port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.