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US 7,603,072 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, image forming system and program for image forming
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJun Yokobori, Masaru Ushio
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a conveyance section which conveys at least one sheet of a second special sheet group so as to be inserted between two special sheets of a first special sheet group on a stacking section. A rest of special sheets which belong to the same set as a special sheet of the second special sheet group having been last supplied is supplied and ejected to a sheet ejection destination other than the stacking section before a special sheet of the second special sheet group is inserted after the latter sheet of the two special sheets of the first special sheet group are supplied.
Claims21
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first supply section which supplies a first-type special sheet of a first special sheet group, the first special sheet group including first special sheet sets, each set of which containing a plurality of different kind of first-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order;
- a second supply section which supplies a second-type special sheet of a second special sheet group, the second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group being to be inserted between first-type special sheets of the first special sheet group, the second special sheet group including second special sheet sets, each set of which contains a plurality of different kind of second-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order;
- a stacking section which stacks the first-type special sheet supplied by the first supply section and the second-type special sheet supplied by the second supply section;
- a conveyance section which conveys at least one second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group so as to be inserted between two first-type special sheets supplied by the first supply section on the stacking section;
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- a control section which controls the second supply section and the conveyance section so that a rest of second-type special sheets which belong to the same set as a second-type special sheet having been last supplied by the second supply section is supplied by the second supply section and is ejected to a sheet ejection destination other than the stacking section before a second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group is inserted after the latter sheet of the two first-type special sheets supplied by the first supply section.
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An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming apparatus which includes an image forming section forming an image on a recording medium based on input data;
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- a post-processing apparatus including a post-processing section which post-processes the recording medium after the image is formed on the recording medium by the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the image forming system includes
- a first supply section which supplies a first-type special sheet of a first special sheet group, the first special sheet group including first special sheet sets, each set of which containing a plurality of different kind of first-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order;
- a second supply section which supplies a second-type special sheet of a second special sheet group, the second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group being to be inserted between first-type special sheets of the first special sheet group, the second special sheet group including second special sheet sets, each set of which containing a plurality of different kind of second-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order;
- a stacking section which stacks the first-type special sheet supplied by the first supply section and the second-type special sheet supplied by the second supply section;
- a conveyance section which conveys at least one second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group so as to be inserted between two first-type special sheets supplied by the first supply section on the stacking section;
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- a control section which controls the second supply section and the conveyance section so that a rest of second-type special sheets which belong to the same set as a second-type special sheet having been last supplied by the second supply section is supplied by the second supply section and is ejected to a sheet ejection destination other than the stacking section before a second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group is inserted after the latter sheet of the two first-type special sheets supplied by the first supply section.
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A computer readable storage medium storing a program for enabling a computer to make an image forming system, which forms an image on a recording medium based on input data, execute a method, the method comprising the steps of:
- conveying at least one second-type special sheet of a second special sheet group including second special sheet sets, each set of which contains a plurality of different kind of second-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order so that a second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group is inserted between two first-type special sheets of a first special sheet group on a stacking section, the first special sheet group including first special sheet sets, each set of which contains a plurality of different kind of first-type special sheets arranged in a predetermined order;
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- supplying a rest of second-type special sheets which belong to the same set as a second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group having been last supplied and ejecting the rest of second-type special sheets to a sheet ejection destination before a second-type special sheet of the second special sheet group is inserted after the latter sheet of the two first-type special sheets supplied from the first special sheet group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.