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US 8,139,259 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus including tab sheet reversing function, computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling image forming apparatus, and its control method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsToshimi Shinchi, Tamotsu Sakuraba
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Abstract
A printer, as an image forming apparatus, reverses the front and back sides of tab sheets that became no longer necessary and discharges when a reverse discharge is specified.
Claims4
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a tab sheet supply unit for supplying tab sheets;
- a judgment unit for judging whether or not a reversing discharge instruction is issued for reversing front and back sides of tab sheets that became no longer necessary before discharging them;
- and
- a control unit for reversing the front and back sides of the tab sheets that became no longer necessary and discharging them when the reversing discharge instruction is issued;
- wherein when the reversing discharge instruction is issued, the front and back sides of at least one tab sheet that became no longer necessary are reversed so that a tab of the reversed tab sheet in an original tab position is changed to a new tab position and the reversed tab sheet is automatically situated to be used as a tab sheet with the tab in the new tab position.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stored with a control program for controlling an image forming apparatus, said control program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
- receiving a request for initiating a setup concerning tab sheets;
- and
- providing to the user a reversing setup section for specifying reverse discharge to cause the tab sheets that became no longer necessary to be reversed and discharged;
- wherein when the reverse discharge is specified, the control program causes the computer to execute a process in which the front and back sides of at least one tab sheet that became no longer necessary are reversed so that a tab of the reversed tab sheet in an original tab position is changed to a new tab position and the reversed tab sheet is automatically situated to be used as a tab sheet with the tab in the new tab position.
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A method for controlling an image forming apparatus comprising:
- receiving a request for initiating a setup concerning tab sheets;
- and
- providing to the user a reversing setup section for specifying reverse discharge to cause the tab sheets in the image forming apparatus that became no longer necessary to be reversed and discharged;
- wherein when the reverse discharge is specified, the front and back sides of at least one tab sheet that became no longer necessary are reversed so that a tab of the reversed tab sheet in an original tab position is changed to a new tab position and the reversed tab sheet is automatically situated to be used as a tab sheet with the tab in the new tab position.
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