Sheet conveyor device and image forming system
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYuta IKEDA
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Abstract
A sheet conveyor device is to be attachably and detachably mounted to an external apparatus which forms an image on a sheet. The sheet conveyor device includes a judgement section, a speed determining section, and a conveyance controller. The judgement section determines which of a plurality of model groups the external apparatus belongs to based on specification information indicating specifications of the external apparatus. The speed determining section determines a conveyance speed at which the sheet is to be conveyed based on the determined model group. The conveyance controller directs conveyance of the sheet at the determined conveyance speed.
Claims11
A sheet conveyor device to be attachably and detachably mounted to an external apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, the sheet conveyor device comprising:
- a judgement section configured to determine which of a plurality of model groups the external apparatus belongs to based on specification information indicating specifications of the external apparatus;
- and
- a speed determining section configured to determine a conveyance speed at which the sheet is to be conveyed based on the determined model group.
An image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus and a sheet conveyor device, wherein
- the image forming apparatus includes:
- an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet;
- and
- a paper ejection section including an empty space in which the sheet with the image formed thereon is housable,
- the empty space is open towards an outside of the image forming apparatus,
- the sheet conveyor device is mounted to the paper ejection section, and
- the sheet conveyor device includes:
- a judgement section configured to determine which of a plurality of model groups the image forming apparatus belongs to based on specification information indicating specifications of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a speed determining section configured to determine a conveyance speed at which the sheet is to be conveyed based on the determined model group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.