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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110135327 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS In an image forming method, an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor is developed into a developer image with a developer, and a printing paper transported on a transfer belt is brought into contact with the surface of the photoreceptor so as... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110135322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An image forming apparatus including a plurality of paper feed stages includes a setting unit configured to set a paper type including a plurality of items for each of the plurality of paper feed stages, a storage unit configured to store a paper type history indicating... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20100322642 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus provided with a sheet feeding tray to store sheets for image forming; a sheet feeding section to feed the sheets form the sheet feeding tray so as to supply the sheets for the image forming; and a control section to individually administer rem... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100310262 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus has a rotary guide including a path for a sheet being conveyed. The guide is rotatable so that an exit of the path faces one of at least two conveyance destinations. A motor rotates the guide, and a detector outputs a detection signal when a p... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100260506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming station for forming an image, a display unit for displaying specified information, a mode changing section for switching a mode of the image forming apparatus between a first mode for waiting on standby with f... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100074637 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AMOUNT OF REMAINING SHEETS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A mechanism for detecting an amount of remaining sheets, includes: a sheet feeding tray to be accommodated in an apparatus main body such that the sheet feeding tray can be inserted into and withdrawn from the apparatus main body, in which sheets can be loaded in an ins... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100021187 | MEMBER DETECTING MEDIA AMOUNT IN MULTIPLE TRAYS A printing system includes a first media holder configured to hold a plurality of sheets of media; and a second media holder configured to hold a different plurality of sheets of media. A contacting component is configured to selectively contact an individual sheet of m... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100003038 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF A print method of an image forming apparatus that loads at least one sheet of print media in a print media feeding tray, the method including: setting a print-all-paper mode to perform a print operation on the print media loaded in the print media feeding tray without s... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090317097 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET SUPPLY SUPPORTING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM An image forming apparatus comprises a sheet tray to store sheets to form an image thereon; a detecting section to detect a capacity of empty space of each of the sheet tray; and a sheet managing section to compare the capacity of empty space of the sheet tray with a ca... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090285587 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus including a printer section to form an image on a paper sheet; a plurality of paper feed trays; and a controller which controls the image forming apparatus to execute a job, wherein, the controller sets a paper size, a paper type, and a paper ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090129790 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING MEDIUM FEEDING UNIT THEREOF An image forming apparatus and a printing medium feeding unit thereof are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cassette removably mounted in the main body to load a printing medium therein, and a sensing unit provided in the main body to sense ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090116857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section for forming an image on a sheet; a tray on which an image-formed sheet is discharged as a discharged-sheet; and a controller for setting an amount of sheet to be discharged, the amount being sma... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090067855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT MEDIUM SENSING METHOD THEREOF An image forming apparatus includes a main body having an image forming unit, a medium feeding unit installed in the main body, having a loading plate to load a print medium thereon and to feed the loaded print medium to the image forming unit, a medium sensing unit whi... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090041482 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image including an image forming unit to form the image on a paper, a plurality of paper ejection trays to mount the paper on which the image is formed, a display unit to display a setting screen for selecting at le... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080298822 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MEDIA UNITS AND AN ASSOCIATED MEDIA ROLL Media rolls, support structures for the media rolls, and media processing systems are provided. A media roll may include an identification transponder having retrievable information regarding the media units and associated media unit transponders wound around a core of ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080267639 | Methods and Devices for Detecting the Absence of A Media Sheet Within An Image Forming Device The present application is dieted to methods and devices for determining the absence of media sheets within an image forming device. In one embodiment, a support section configured to hold a stack of media sheets is positioned in an input area of the image forming devic... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080205908 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, A CONSUMABLES RESIDUAL QUANTITY DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM A terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium are disclosed. The terminal apparatus, which is connected to a printing apparatus through a network, includes an acquisition unit for acquiring information about consumables of... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205909 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM The image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information on disaster; and a switching unit that switches an operational mode of the image processing apparatus from a first operational mode in which image processing is not performed when there ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080075479 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image according to a specified printing time, including:
| 03/27/2008 |
| 20080025734 | Automated detection and notification of the need for service and/or supplies replenishment in a machine A system for automatically detecting the need to service a machine. The system includes a processor and at least one of a device component and a supply component. The processor determines a time at which the device component will require repair or replacement and when t... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080008480 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus that uses an intermediate transfer system are provided a paper supply portion that stores a sheet of paper on which image forming is carried out, an image forming system that carries out image forming on the sheet of paper transported from ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070183796 | Image formation apparatus and method therefor An image formation apparatus that includes plural paper feed trays, and when there occurs out-of-paper in a paper feed tray during printing, changes over from the paper feed tray to another to continue the printing, which includes a detection section that detects that p... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070140712 | Sheet remainder detecting device and image forming apparatus A sheet remainder detecting device for detecting the remaining amount of sheets in a sheet stack is provided with a displacing member displaceable according to the thickness of the sheet stack; a first and a second optical sensors each having a light emitting element fo... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070071462 | Image forming apparatus The goal of the present invention is, while waiting for the reserved printing, even in a case where new printing is executed, to compare the remaining amount of consumable material to the amount of consumable material necessary for the designated reserved printing, and ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070047979 | Image forming apparatus and control method of the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a plurality of container units containing sheets, a sheet feeding device provided for each of the plurality of container units and configured to feed the sheets; and a controller switching between modes including a first mode and a s... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060263104 | Printing system method and apparatus for comparing calculated sheets needed against sheets available A method for a printing system, wherein a print media sheets needed count is compared to a print media sheets available count, includes initiating a print job on an imaging machine through at least one input device communicating with the imaging machine. Information fro... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060228122 | Image forming apparatus When forming an image, if there are not enough sheets remaining in a paper feed cassette to satisfy the image forming request, the image forming operation is not executed, and along with prompting the user to refill the paper, the paper feed cassette is pushed out towar... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060204254 | Apparatus for forming images, method of managing loading of paper feed cassette in image forming apparatus, and copying machine An image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine is provided. In the device, a predetermined period of time is measured from when an operator has specified a desired size of paper through an operation panel. A duration is measured, during which a paper feed cassett... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060115282 | Image forming apparatus and touch panel display method of the same When there are sheets of paper in paper cassettes of a main body of an apparatus, symbols of a paper size display of an image forming apparatus graphic displayed on a touch panel are lit and indicated at clear density. On the other hand, when the paper cassettes are emp... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060045547 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus determining a paper feed source having a possibility of feeding paper sheets in executing a printing job in accordance with contents of the printing job and detecting characteristics of a paper sheet fed from the paper feed source for executes... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060039707 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming system and an image forming apparatus capable of reliably reporting information relating to a remaining amount of consumables to an operator without increasing the number of operations of the operator of the image forming system. The image f... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050280687 | Sheet-type detection device A reading sensor has first and second detection regions. The first detection region has high directivity and detects a thickness of a recording sheet. The second detection region has low directivity and detects a surface roughness of the recording sheet. The material ty... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050147421 | Printer A printer detects a roll radius of a recording paper roll once a day and measures the remaining amount of recording paper. Then the printer calculates the number of photo prints in the previous day as an actual consumption value from a difference in remaining amount of ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050141902 | Paper detecting device of paper feeding cassette and an image forming apparatus having the same A paper detecting device to detect paper presence on a paper plate in a paper feeding cassette, and comprising a light-emitting device and a light-receiving sensor. In the paper feeding cassette, an end-fence is movably mounted, and at least one of the light-emitting de... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050074246 | Supply ordering apparatus An automatic supply ordering system for electronically ordering a consumable component or replaceable part in a marking machine. The system provides electronic identification of a condition of a replaceable component and automatically electronically sends an offer to pu... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050002679 | Methods and apparatus for dispensing media sheets from a media stack A method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes making a first quantitative measurement, dispensing a number of media sheets from the stack, and making a second quantitative measurement, wherein the quantitative measurement can be, for examp... | 01/06/2005 |
