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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106988 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section which forms an image on a paper sheet by using a developer; a fixing section which includes a rotational axis and rotates around the rotational axis so as to fix the image formed on the paper sheet; a transpor... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120027428 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD There is provided a sheet finisher including a fold roller which folds the center of a sheet bundle and forms a fold line in the sheet bundle; a roller unit which is provided with an upper roller and a lower roller and which moves the upper roller and the lower roller a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027427 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD A sheet finisher according to an embodiment includes: a fold roller which folds a central area of a sheet bundle to form a fold line on the sheet bundle; a fold reinforcing roller which moves along a direction of the fold line while pressing the fold line of the sheet b... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020681 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same A fixing device includes a separator presser that presses against a plurality of separators to separate the plurality of separators from a fixing rotary body that contacts an opposed rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120002985 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a drum; a photoconductive member; a charging device; a developing device; a toner supplying section; a transfer member; a sensor to measure the density of a toner band adhering on the transfer member; a p... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110311241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A controller for controlling an image forming apparatus having a light detection unit controls at least two operations including: 1) operation of detecting a jam of a recording sheet in a sheet transfer path based on a light intensity level detected by the light detecti... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110286752 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A PHOTORECEPTOR IN A PRINTING APPARATUS An apparatus and method that cleans a photoreceptor in a printing apparatus is disclosed. The method can include setting a voltage bias of an electrostatic cleaning brush in a printing apparatus to a first voltage bias. The method can include generating an image on medi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus is provided that, even when a recording material is conveyed with a short interval between papers, reduces mistaken detection of a jam without reducing throughput of image formation. To accomplish this, when an interval between papers is not d... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110262153 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS At least one of processing units is capable of being pulled out of a main body of an apparatus during the occurrence of a sheet conveyance jam. A first cutter and a second cutter are arranged in the vicinity of the processing unit. The first cutter is configured to cut ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110236040 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET CARRYING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a carrying unit which carries a sheet from a sheet supply unit toward a sheet discharge unit; a transfer unit which transfers an image to the sheet; a fixing unit which fixes the image transferred to the sheet by the transfer unit, a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236042 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on recording paper; a paper feeding unit that feeds the recording paper to the image forming unit; an opening/closing door that is provided to be opened/closed by an operator; a paper conveya... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110206388 | FIXING APPARATUS A fixing apparatus for fixing an image formed on the recording material, includes a fixing rotatable member for forming a fixing nip; a plurality of wrapping preventing members, each provided downstream of the fixing nip with respect to a feeding direction of the record... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110194861 | MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM CARRYING METHOD A medium carrying device includes: first and second carrying part that carry a medium to a second position via a first position; a slack detection unit positioned between the first and second carrying part and detecting slack in the medium; a medium carrying detection p... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110158660 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a transmission and reception part to receive print data of each of plural pages page by page. through a USB communication interface; a cassette part; a printing part; a paper discharge part; a manual pape... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110135326 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM When an interrupted printing process is to be restarted, normally printed sheets can be reused. When jamming of a sheet is detected while a job is being performed, the printing is interrupted and specification of one or more sheets among the sheets that have been fed fr... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110135325 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM The present invention realizes an image forming system wherein an efficient cleaning of plural fixing apparatuses by using a blank sheet is attained, the system includes: an image forming section; a sheet feeding apparatus; a plurality of fixing apparatuses; a temperatu... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110123203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A printing system including: a first printer that forms an image on continuous-form printing paper, and includes a pre-heating unit that preliminarily heats the continuous-form printing paper prior to fixation and a fixing unit that performs the fixation; and a second p... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110097093 | FIXING APPARATUS A fixing apparatus capable of performing, even by a short brake, brake assist by which a sheet is stopped at a position where the sheet is visible. Upon occurrence of a wrap jam, brake control for a drive motor and brake assist control are performed. In the brake assist... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110064428 | PRINTER A printer includes a printing unit configured to print on a print medium while transferring the print medium by a first transfer section, a transfer unit located downstream the printing unit in a transfer route and configured to transfer the print medium by a second tra... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110064427 | Sheet processing device, image forming system, and sheet conveying method When a sheet processing device is in operation, if any of a paper jam, a motor error, and an open door occur, a sheet-processing-device control unit stops all the loads of the sheet processing device other than the entrance motor. After that, the sheet-processing-device... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110044704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit fixing an unfixed toner image formed by an image forming unit and transferred by a transfer unit on a recording medium; a discharge unit provided above the fixing unit and discharging the recording medium; a fixing jam ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110026944 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same In a fixing device, a fixing member contacts an opposing member to form a nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes. A plurality of separators provided downstream from the nip in a recording medium conveyance direction contacts the f... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110020016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to the embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a paper transporting unit configured to transport a paper, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the paper, a fixing unit configured to generate heat for fixing the image on the paper, and a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100303479 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AGITATING MEMBER An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating member to heat a toner on a sheet; a heater to heat the rotating member; a power controller to maintain temperature of the rotating member in a first mode after the temperature reaches the target temperature, and configure... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100278545 | PRINTER A printer includes a feed unit; an image forming unit, which executes double-side printing; an acceptance unit, which accepts an execution command of either continuation printing and reprinting if double-side printing is stopped and a first recording medium with only a ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100247117 | Image Forming Device Having Sheet Reverse Running Mechanism An image forming device includes a changeover flap, a cover, a flap displacement mechanism, an inlet end, an outlet end, and a first conveyer passage extending from the outlet end. A second conveyer passage is bifurcated from the first conveyer passage at a bifurcated p... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239271 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, wherein plurality of cartridges are detachably mounted to a main assembly of the apparatus, the color electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a cartridge suppo... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100189449 | Recording sheet processing device A recording sheet processing device includes a stack tray used, when a recording sheet gets jammed inside a subsequent finishing device, for collecting recording sheets left inside a preceding image forming device and recording sheets left inside a recording sheet feedi... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100183320 | Image Forming Apparatus, MFP and Method of Displaying Jam Removal Guidance An image forming apparatus may include a printer to fix images on paper sheets that travel along a first paper path and a second paper path, and first and second doors that may be open to uncover the first and second paper paths, respectively. First and second sensors m... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100124424 | Duplex printer In a duplex printer, when it is determined that a paper jam occurs only in the first transport path that is a path upstream of a sheet stacking unit among the first and second transport paths along a feeding direction of papers (the second transport path is a path downs... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119244 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS When jam occurs in one of a tandem conveyance path and bypass conveyance path, a sheet is automatically discharged from the conveyance path where no jam has occurred. A sheet retained at the upstream side with respect to a first fixing device in a sheet conveying direct... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100086318 | FIXING JAM DETECTING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image onto a printing medium. The fixing device includes a fixing member heated by a heating device, a pressurizing member that freely rotatably pressure contacts the fixing member and creates a fixi... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100080575 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PAPER JAM IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPTION CASSETTE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS THE METHOD An image forming apparatus including at least one option cassette, and a paper jam handling method performed in the image forming apparatus are provided. The paper jam handling method includes the operations of detecting whether paper jam occurs in the image forming app... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100074636 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a first sheet discharging path that reverses a traveling direction of a sheet and discharges the sheet; a cover, which forms a part of the first sheet discharging path when the cover is in a closed state; a sec... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100067926 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device includes a carriage conveyance unit, a sheet conveyance unit, a failure detection unit, a position detection unit, and a jam determination unit. The carriage conveyance unit includes a motor and conveys a carriage in a main scanning direction by a d... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100061741 | Image forming apparatus A transferring unit transfers a toner image from an image carrier to a recording medium. A fixing unit fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium. A conveying unit conveys the recording medium from the transferring unit to the fixing unit along a convey... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100034544 | METHOD OF RECOVERING FROM DUPLEX JAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD Provided are a method of recovering from a duplex jam for an image forming apparatus and the image forming apparatus using the method. The method includes sensing a paper jam on a duplex transport section, opening and closing the duplex printing unit if the paper jam is... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100021186 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus is provided and includes a transport unit which transports a recording medium; a plurality of image forming units provided so as to be individually retractable with respect to the transport unit, the image forming units forming images on the r... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090317095 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder includes a controller that compares an input original length that is received from a main operating unit and an actual original length that is calculated based on a detection result from a registration sensor arranged, on a conveying path, d... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090317096 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An image forming apparatus capable of performing operation-checking and an operation for clearing a counter value for a replaced component at component replacement with a simple manipulation, and simple in construction and low in costs. After criterion values for jam de... | 12/24/2009 |
