Image forming apparatus with a finisher to apply a note onto a printed page
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorGin Yoshidome
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Abstract
A finishing unit for applying a note onto a printed document that exits from an image forming apparatus is provided. The finishing unit, according to one embodiment, includes a note cutting unit for cutting a sheet of paper to a note of a desired size and a note pasting unit for applying the note onto the printed document that exits from the image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus and method of applying a note onto a printed are also described.
Claims20
A finishing unit for applying a note onto a printed document that exits from an image forming apparatus, the finishing unit comprising:
- a note cutting unit for cutting a sheet of paper to a note of a desired size;
- and
- a note pasting unit for applying the note onto the printed document that exits from the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the note is printed on the image forming apparatus and exits from the image forming apparatus.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit including at least one of a scanning unit, a copying unit, and a printing unit;
- and
- a finishing unit including a note cutting unit for cutting paper into a note of a desired size;
- and a note pasting unit for applying the note onto the printed document,
- wherein the note is printed on the image forming apparatus and exits from the image forming apparatus.
A method of applying a note onto a printed document, the method comprising
- receiving a user selection of a note attribute associated with a print job;
- printing, on an image forming apparatus, at least a portion of a print job;
- printing, on the image forming apparatus, a note;
- cutting, at a note cutting unit of the image forming apparatus, the note;
- and
- pasting, at a note pasting unit of the image forming apparatus, the note,
- wherein at least one of the printing, cutting, and pasting is according to the note attribute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.