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US 4,603,971 AGranted
Finisher mode switching
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsWilliam P. Kukucka, Robert L. Sklut, John F. Gauronski
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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsWilliam P. Kukucka, Robert L. Sklut, John F. Gauronski
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A reproduction or printing machine including a finisher having a stack mode, a staple set mode, and a bound set mode and a tray for receiving copy sheets delivered to the finisher to be operated in any of these modes. The reproduction machine includes a controller for instructing the finisher to change from a first mode to a second mode and an operating panel having a switch to initiate the change. After initiation of the mode change at the operator panel, the controller delays by a first time period the instruction to the finisher to change the mode of operation and, also, delays by a second time period the transfer of the copy sheets to the tray in the finisher. The second time period delay depends upon the finishing mode the machine is running in and the requested new finishing mode.
In a reproduction machine having a photosensitive member and a plurality of operating components including a finisher and a control panel cooperating with one another and the photosensitive member in time periods determined by pitches to produce impressions on copy sheets, the finisher including a staple mode to staple a set of copy sheets together and a bind mode to bind a set of copy sheets together, the method of changing from the staple mode to the bind mode or from the bind mode to the staple mode comprising the steps of:
In a reproduction machine having a finisher including a stack mode, a staple mode, and a bind mode, the method of operating the reproduction machine to be able to change finisher modes from a first mode to a second mode while the machine is operating in a first mode including the steps:
In a reproduction machine having a finisher including a first mode and a second mode and a tray for receiving copy sheets delivered to the finisher to be operated on in either the first mode or the second mode, the reproduction machine including a controller for instructing the finisher to change from the first to the second mode and an operating panel having a switch to initiate a change between the first and a second mode, the method of changing from the first to the second mode including the steps of:
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