Image recording device, image recording method and computer-readable medium with
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoru Arakane
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Abstract
An image recording device including a recording unit that records an image on a paper sheet conveyed in a conveying direction along a conveyance path, a paper feed tray that feeds the paper sheet to the conveyance path, a stopper unit that holds the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet, a notifying unit that issues a notification requesting removal of the paper sheet held by the stopper unit, and a control unit that controls at least one of the notifying unit to issue the notification requesting the removal of the paper sheet and the stopper unit to release the paper sheet to allow the conveyance of the paper sheet, based on where an instruction for recording an image on another paper sheet is originated, when the paper sheet is held by the stopper unit.
Claims16
An image recording device, comprising:
- a recording unit configured to record an image on a paper sheet conveyed in a conveying direction along a conveyance path;
- a paper output tray disposed downstream from the recording unit in the conveying direction and configured to receive the paper sheet;
- a paper feed tray configured to feed the paper sheet to the conveyance path;
- a stopper unit disposed between the recording unit and the paper output tray along the conveyance path and configured to hold the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet;
- a notifying unit configured to issue a notification requesting removal of the paper sheet held by the stopper unit;
- a control unit configured to control at least one of the notifying unit to issue the notification requesting the removal of the paper sheet and the stopper unit to release the paper sheet to allow the conveyance of the paper sheet, based on where, along the conveyance path during conveying, an instruction for recording an image on another paper sheet is originated, when the paper sheet is held by the stopper unit;
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- a particular detecting unit configured to detect a size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path,
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the stopper unit to hold the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet when the particular detecting unit detects that the size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is greater than a size of the paper output tray.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions to be executed by a processing device of an image recording device, such that the image recording device perform the steps of:
- feeding a paper sheet from a paper feed tray to a conveyance path;
- recording an image on the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path;
- holding the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet;
- selectively issuing a notification requesting removal of the paper sheet held by the holding step or releasing the paper sheet held by the holding step, or both, based on where, along the conveyance path during conveying, an instruction for recording an image on another paper sheet is originated;
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- detecting a size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path;
- wherein the holding the paper sheet comprises stopping the conveyance of the paper sheet when detecting that the size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is greater than a size of a paper output tray.
An image recording method comprising steps of:
- feeding a paper sheet from a paper feed tray to a conveyance path;
- recording an image on the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path;
- holding the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet;
- selectively issuing a notification requesting removal of the paper sheet held by the holding step or releasing the paper sheet held by the holding step, or both, based on where, along the conveyance path during conveying, an instruction for recording an image on another paper sheet is originated;
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- detecting a size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path;
- wherein the holding the paper sheet comprises stopping the conveyance of the paper sheet when detecting that the size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is greater than a size of a paper output tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.