Image forming system
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Asai, Yoichi Kawabuchi
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Abstract
An image forming system with a finisher connected to a copying machine via an inverting unit. The finisher has a stapling section which staples sheets stacked on a tray with a stapler and a folding section which folds a sheet with folding rollers. In a confidential mode, a sheet on which an image with confidential or private contents has been copied is transported to the finisher with its image-formed side facing down and is folded in two with the image inside. Then, in the stapling section, the folded sheet is stapled along a side opposite the fold.
Claims15
An image forming system, comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
- means for selecting a confidential mode to designate the image as confidential;
- means for folding the sheet on which the image has been formed such that the image is inside the folded sheet when the image is designated as confidential;
- and
- stapling means for stapling the folded sheet along a side opposite the fold.
An image forming system, comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on a sheet by an electrophotographic method;
- means for selecting a confidential mode to designate the image confidential;
- means for folding a sheet on which the image has been formed such that the image is inside the folded sheet when the image is designated as confidential;
- stapling means for stapling a sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming means;
- and
- control means for controlling the folding means and the stapling means to fold a sheet with the image inside and to staple the folded sheet along a side opposite the fold when the image to be formed is confidential.
An image forming system, comprising:
- image forming means for forming images on both sides of a sheet;
- means for designating the image as confidential when a confidential mode has been selected;
- and
- means for folding the sheet on which the images have been formed with the image designated as confidential on an inside of the folded sheet.
An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming device forming images on both sides of a sheet;
- a designating device designating the image as a confidential image when a confidential mode has been selected;
- and
- a folding device folding the sheet on which the images have been formed such that the confidential image is inside the folded sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.