Image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiji Tsuzuki
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Abstract
The main body of a digital copying machine is connected to a finisher. The main body subtracts a certain length of time from the sheet processing time designated by the finisher. Owing to this, even when the finisher is used, printing processing is executed with no need to decrease the processing speed originally provided for the main body of the digital copying machine.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus which is of a type comprising image forming means for forming an image on an image formation medium, and discharge means for discharging the image formation medium on which the image is formed by the image forming means, said image forming apparatus further comprising:
- adjustment means for adjusting a processing time designated by the discharge means and indicating a time interval that is left before image formation processing is executed next;
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- control means for controlling the image forming means to execute the image formation processing, based on the processing time adjusted by the adjusting means.
An image forming method for use in an image forming apparatus that comprises image forming means for forming an image on an image formation medium, and discharge means for discharging the image formation medium on which the image is formed by the image forming means, said image forming method comprising the steps of:
- adjusting a processing time designated by the discharge means and indicating a time interval that is left before image formation processing is executed next;
- and
- controlling the image forming means to execute the image formation processing on the basis of the adjusted processing time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.