Mimeographic printing machine

A mimeographic printing machine comprising:

• (a) mimeographic printing means for printing an image of an original document on successive sheets one at a time and discharging the printed sheets;
• (b) a sorter having a plurality of bins for receiving the printed sheets discharged from said mimeographic printing means;
• (c) mode setting means for setting up said sorter for a specified mode such that a number of the printed sheets, which are printed for the same original and exceed the number of said bins of said sorter, will be received in said bins from the first bin to the last bin, or from the last bin to the first bin, and that said mimeographic printing means will then be temporarily deactivated and that the following printed sheets will be received in the individual bins as those discharged from said mimeographic printing means after the lapse of a predetermined time from the temporary deactivation of said mimeographic printing means;
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• (d) control means for detecting that the specified mode is set up by said mode setting means and for controlling said mimeographic printing means and said sorter in such a manner that the printed sheets discharged from said mimeographic printing means will be received orderly one after another in said bins, from the first bin to the last bin, and that said mimeographic printing means will then be temporarily deactivated and that the following printed sheets will be received orderly one after another in said bins, from the first bin or from the last bin, after the lapse of a predetermined time from the temporary deactivation of said mimeographic printing means.