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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938392 | Medium feed control in an image forming apparatus A method of controlling medium feeding in an image forming apparatus includes an image forming step of forming an image on a medium in response to an image forming request, and a feed control step of selecting one of a plurality of first medium feed units that feeds... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7398969 | System and method for supplying media to a device A system and method for supplying media to a device. The novel system includes a first tray for holding a first supply of media, a first mechanism including a shaft adapted to feed media from the first tray to the device when the shaft is rotated in a first directio... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7376381 | Method and apparatus for printing image replacement documents A high performance printing system includes a paper tray for holding the blank paper prior to printing. The printer engine demands that the paper size be selected from a limited set of allowable paper sizes. A paper guide mechanism installed in the paper tray has a ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7330285 | Image processing apparatus and print control method therefor An image processing apparatus for processing image data comprises a printer for printing processed image data on recording paper; an image data receiver for receiving image data transmitted thereto via a network; storage unit for storing the image data received by t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264238 | Feed paper apparatus A paper feed has a door and a paper carrying tray, and raises the tray as paper is fed. A first detector that detects the presence of paper is located below a paper feed position by a margin corresponding to a given number of paper sheets, and second detector that d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7198263 | Dual tray selectable sheet picking assembly An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier system including a printhead carrier configured for movement along a scan path, a first sheet picking mechanism, a second sheet picking mechanism, and a selector device. The selector device is configured to select on... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192026 | Duplexer having an auxiliary roller that exhibits slippage This invention relates to a duplexer, comprising; a media input nip, an auxiliary roller nip located downstream of the media input nip such that the auxiliary roller nip comprises an auxiliary drive roller that exhibits slippage so that the auxiliary roller nip main... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7170631 | Information processing unit, printing control unit, and control method thereof, and storage medium, and control program thereof The present invention has an object to provide a mechanism which gives an output result desired by the user when printing a document comprising a plurality of paper sizes in mixture. In the information processing unit disclosed in the embodiments, when paper sizes a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7133150 | Image forming device for image output form control An image forming device comprising a job storage means 11 connected to a network for storing jobs input through the network composed of a group of image data to be output, a job select means 12 for selecting various arbitrary jobs out of the jobs store... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7102766 | Image forming apparatus which controls image forming conditions for a recording material that is wider than standard-size recording material based on input size information The present invention concerns an image-forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, an area of which is wider than that of a standard fixed-form size having a predetermined fixed-form size, based on an original image recorded on a document. The i... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073786 | Feed paper apparatus A paper feed has a door and a paper carrying tray, and raises the tray as paper is fed. A first detector that detects the presence of paper is located below a paper feed position by a margin corresponding to a given number of paper sheets, and second detector that d... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068970 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus has a medium storage cartridge mounted in the image formation apparatus and a medium size detection device attached to the image formation apparatus. The medium storage cartridge has a medium back end stopper and a protrusion part. In a ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044666 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a cassette in which recording media are configured to be stacked. The cassette includes a rear end regulation member configured to be moved in a direction in which the recording media are fed to regulate rear ends of the recording med... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027765 | Apparatus and method for identifying paper cassettes An apparatus and method for identifying paper cassettes. The apparatus for identifying paper cassettes includes first through N-th paper cassettes, wherein each of N-1 output ports (where N is a positive integer greater than 1) is connected to N-1 input ports, which... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018120 | Printing method of printer apparatus At the detection of an occurrence of a sheet feeder jam, in a case where media in the course of being printed on one face exist, printing this one face is continued, and this medium is inserted into the duplex printing unit. After this, relief of the sheet feeder ja... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017903 | Sheet conveying apparatus There is provided a sheet conveying apparatus which is capable of easily distinguishing between a sheet bundle containing abnormal sheets, such as multi-fed sheets, and a normal sheet bundle. When it is determined that there is no abnormality in the conveyance of sh... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003258 | Transfer device, transfer method and image forming device A transfer device for transferring an object to be transferred in a predetermined direction has a drive mechanism unit, a transfer direction displacement information acquiring unit, a skew direction displacement information acquiring unit, and a transfer processing ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6957022 | Image forming apparatus A plurality of photosensitive drums are disposed in a sheet transport direction so as to be in contact with a transfer belt and a transfer voltage for transferring toner images on the photosensitive drums onto a sheet transported by the transfer belt is applied ther... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953190 | Paper cartridge for printing apparatus A paper cartridge for a printing apparatus includes a cartridge body; a pressure plate moving upward and downward in the cartridge body; a pick-up roller to pick up the paper stacked on the pressure plate; a spring to elastically bias the pressure plate toward the p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952542 | Operation unit for an image forming apparatus with a programmable registered image forming function tab display area A readable operation unit for an image forming apparatus displays items representative of various functions relating to image formation while classifying and dividing them on the operation unit. The operation unit includes a touch-screen panel which is substantially... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6944411 | Image forming apparatus that obtains user information On the basis of information obtained from an IC card and concerning the physical features of a user, it is judged whether or not the user is a handicapped person. When it is judged that the user is a handicapped person, a fixed sheet supply source is not displayed o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6906816 | Printer and printing method In a printer, recording sheets of a standard type and a 16-frame sticker type are usable. A ROM inputs type information of the recording sheet representing one of the standard type and 16-frame sticker type. A controller designates one of first and second printing m... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6817794 | Printer In the case where the paper size and paper type other than that stored in the tray of the printer is specified by the printing job data, through registration to the alternative table an alternative printing is performed on the papers stored in a predetermined tray. ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6690911 | Sheet reversing and discharging device and image forming apparatus using the same A sheet reversing and discharging device of the present invention conveys each of a tab sheet and an ordinary sheet in a particular manner. Before a tab sheet enters a reversal tray, a drive roller is driven in the reverse direction while a driven roller ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6471201 | Apparatus for feeding sheetlike material An apparatus for feeding sheetlike material from a stack, with a holder for receiving a stack for supporting the stack and opposed side guides for guiding sheetlike material of the stack in a feeding direction. One of the side guides is displaceable relat... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6421139 | Image forming apparatus for forming image on free-size sheet having arbitrary size There is provided an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on either a free-size sheet of an arbitrary size other than a regular size or a regular-size sheet, a controlling unit for controlling, when the image formin... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6289730 | Paper size detection using ultrasound A detection system for detecting the size of a print medium. A hollow tube is positioned adjacent the paper or print medium. An ultrasonic transducer apparatus launches pulses of ultrasonic energy into the tube, and is responsive to ultrasonic echoes of t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6266512 | Method of using input size determination for improvements in productivity and imaging A method in an imaging system for automatically selecting a copy substrate from multiple substrate trays and for improving the productivity and imaging of the copy substrates. The method includes comparison of the dimensions of the copy substrate to the d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6244585 | Sheet processing apparatus with switching among plural types of paper Every time the paper size setting key is operated, the count value in the counter is increased by one. It is judged whether the count value in the counter after increment is greater than the maximum value Cm. If the count value of the counter is greater t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6206360 | Printer having a plurality of paper cassettes and method of selecting a paper cassette from the paper cassettes A printer includes a plurality of cassettes and a cassette is selected from the cassettes. The printer comprises a print information memory, paper information memory, cassette information memory, cassette selector, and data editor. The print information m... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6176481 | Apparatus having conveying means of medium An apparatus has a paper cassette capable of accommodating a recording medium such as large-size recording sheets or OHP film, and an accommodating unit capable of accommodating recording sheets such as plain paper. The types of recording sheets that are ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6145376 | Paper size detection using ultrasound A detection system for detecting the size of a print medium. A hollow tube is positioned adjacent the paper or print medium. An ultrasonic transducer apparatus launches pulses of ultrasonic energy into the tube, and is responsive to ultrasonic echoes of t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6123329 | Paper feeder and paper tray elevation device therefor A paper feeder for feeding papers to an image forming apparatus and a paper tray elevation device therefore are disclosed. A first tray is movable up and down with a plurality of papers stacked thereon. A paper feed member feeds the papers from the first ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5992324 | Method and apparatus for making lithographic printing plates in an automated computer to plate imaging system The primary function of the optional handler is to make plates available on demand to the imaging engine. A multitude of plates are stored inside cassettes and these cassettes are loaded into the handler. There may be up to four cassettes residing in the ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991556 | Sheet feeding method for image formation apparatus having a sheet transport path for one sheet cassette serving as a portion of a sheet transport path for another sheet cassette According to a sheet feeding method capable of successive image formation for use in an image formation apparatus with a sheet transport path for an upper sheet feeding cassette also serving as a portion of a sheet transport path for a lower sheet feeding... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5946456 | Image formation control device and method for changing information of image forming medium An image formation control device including an information holding unit, an output control unit, an information change unit, and a change control unit. The information holding unit holds the information of an image forming medium stored in a paper feed tr... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5903362 | Facsimile apparatus which selects the size of a recording sheet to be used for recording a received image A facsimile apparatus equipped with multiple recording sheet feeding devices is provided with a memory for storing information designating the size of a recording sheet to be used for recording a received image. There is a control device for selecting a s... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5791250 | Method and apparatus for an automated plate handler with slip sheet removal mechanism The primary function of the optional handler is to make plates available on demand to the imaging engine. A multitude of plates are stored inside cassettes and these cassettes are loaded into the handler. There may be up to four cassettes residing in the ... | 08/11/1998 |
