Sheet handling apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShunji Sato, Takeshi Honjo
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Abstract
A sheet output apparatus useful in conjunction with a sheet post-processing apparatus, and adapted to perform a predetermined processing of a sheet and then discharge the sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus, comprising: a transfer mechanism for transferring a sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus; and a communication mechanism for performing a serial communication of data between the sheet output apparatus and the sheet post-processing apparatus, wherein the communication mechanism transmits a sheet carrier speed data to the sheet post-processing apparatus.
Claims7
A sheet output apparatus detachably combinable with a sheet post-processing apparatus, said sheet output apparatus also adapted to perform predetermined processing of a sheet and then discharge the sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus, comprising:
- transfer means for transferring the sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus, said transfer means transferring the sheet to a sheet container in the sheet post-processing apparatus where transferred sheets are grouped in units of a predetermined number of sheets;
- and
- communication means for communication data between said transfer means and the sheet post-processing apparatus,
- wherein said communication means transmits speed data representing a transfer speed of the sheet transferred to the sheet post-processing apparatus, whereby the sheet post-processing apparatus can be controlled based on the transfer speed data.
An apparatus according to claim, wherein said sheet output apparatus includes means for forming an image on the sheet.
A sheet output apparatus useful in conjunction with a sheet post-processing apparatus, said sheet output apparatus also adapted to perform predetermined processing of a sheet and then discharge the sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus, comprising:
- transfer means for transferring the sheet to the sheet post processing apparatus, said transfer means transferring the sheet to a plurality of sheet containers in the sheet post-processing apparatus where transferred sheets are distributed and stored;
- and
- communication means for communicating data between said transfer means and the sheet post-processing apparatus,
- wherein said communication means transmits speed data representing transfer speed of the sheet transferred to the sheet post-processing apparatus, whereby the sheet post-processing apparatus can be controlled based on the transfer speed data.
A sheet output apparatus useful in conjunction with a sheet post-processing apparatus, said sheet output apparatus also adapted to perform predetermined processing of a sheet and then discharge the sheet to the sheet post-processing apparatus, comprising:
- means for forming an image on the sheet;
- transfer means for transferring the sheet to the sheet post processing apparatus, said transfer means transferring the sheet to a plurality of sheet containers in the sheet post-processing apparatus where transferred sheets are distributed and stored;
- and
- communication means for communicating data between said transfer means and the sheet post-processing apparatus,
- wherein said communication means transmits speed data representing transfer speed of the sheet transferred to the sheet post-processing apparatus, whereby the sheet post-processing apparatus can be controlled based on the transfer speed data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.