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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7899342 | 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 t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7643762 | 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 elemen... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7542687 | 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... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7480467 | 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 th... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7412200 | Sheet feed unit operable with smaller force and image forming apparatus A sheet feed unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed unit body and a sheet cassette. The sheet feed unit body includes a first frame and a first contact face provided on the first frame. The sheet cassette, which is withdrawable from the she... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403721 | Image forming apparatus, MFP and method of displaying jam removal guidance An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a scanner for reading an image, a printer for fixing an image formed thereby on paper and discharging the paper, a display for displaying information, and a controller for controlling the scanner, the pr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403722 | Integrated media and media tray sensing in an image forming device An image forming device determines a plurality of conditions in the device. In one embodiment, a signal source positioned downstream from a media input tray emits a signal. The signal reflects off of a reflective member and is received by a detector. Based on the am... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377506 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus has a plurality of paper feed units setting index sheets. A storage section stores size information and index number information indicating the number of index sheets per set of paper sheet set in each paper feed unit, and a control sectio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364155 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus In a standby state wherein a document is set in a document tray and can be supplied when needed, when a start signal is not inputted (S21: NO), a controller determines whether a document regulating plate has been operated or not based on a detection output of... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359670 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, when a general user pulls a paper tray out of the image forming apparatus, changes used paper with another paper having different paper quality to insert the paper tray into the image forming apparatus and operates a touch panel to cha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355733 | Recording material management in a copier or printer Disclosed is a digital image production apparatus comprising: a print engine having a plurality of trays each of which is capable of accommodating different types of recording sheets; a user interface; and an electronic control system controlling print processing, i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353275 | Printing sub-system for java and internet applications A series of approved printers is associated with each of multiples utilities. A client user having a local printer must first identify the local printer as one of the approved printers. The client user may then gain access to the utilities having an association with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347369 | Counting process and device for planar substrates A process includes the steps of loosening a pack of piled substrates, taking a first image of the piled planar substrates, the image being made of a two-dimensional array of single image detectors arranged in lines and columns, counting the number of edges of substr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325801 | Method and apparatus for detecting an absence of print media A method and apparatus for detecting the absence of print media in an imaging device, such as a printer. The printer includes a print mechanism, a media tray for supplying sheets of print media to the printer, and a pick mechanism for moving the sheets of print medi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322763 | Media cassette for printing apparatus A portable media cassette is attached to a printing apparatus. The media cassette includes a loading case for receiving media having an outlet. A pickup device of the printing apparatus can access the media through the outlet. A shutter is installed on the loading c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317545 | Image forming apparatus for changing an image formation level An image forming apparatus can continue an execution of a job without canceling when an error occurs during an image forming operation. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313334 | Image formation device enabling switching between color printing mode and monochrome printing mode An image formation device has an image carrier in which is formed a latent image and a development device in which are detachably mounted a plurality of development units housing a developing agent. When development units of a plurality of colors, used to form color... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298501 | Method of, computer program for, and system for maintaining print system media resources A computer network comprises plural computer systems connected to plural printers. Each computer system comprises at least one application program for generating print data for one or more of the printers. One of the computer systems is partially employed as a stock... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289744 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an electrode member to prevent the generation of an image defect in the image forming apparatus, in which the electrode member is provided in the downstream side of a transfer device, the transfer device and a fixing device are ar... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7281873 | Sheet package with identification mark and printer using the same Print sheets 7 stacked up are inserted into a package member 8 so that the sheets 7 in this state can be set in a printer together with the package member 8. The package member 8 is provided with an identification mark 31 wh... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280888 | Method and system for prepaid inserter machine In a mail inserting machine that a user uses to process mailpieces for a prepaid quantity, a counter is installed in an inaccessible manner to keep count of the processed mailpieces. The machine is disabled when the prepaid quantity is used up. In order to allow the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272576 | Information management system for managing consumption status of expendable consumption information in network printing devices The technique of the present invention reads expendable consumption data regarding expendables consumed by each of printing devices 50a and 50b at regular intervals, sums up consumptions of each expendable with respect to each expendable ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267336 | Paper feed tray and printer furnished with the tray An auxiliary tray frame is attached attachably/reattachably to a tray unit. The auxiliary tray frame is a rectangular frame including a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, and both side frame portions. A fore-end of the auxiliary tray frame fits into a cut-ou... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263326 | Paper feed cassette for image forming apparatus Storage box for storing stacked recording mediums comprises a two-part structure consisting of in-apparatus mounting portion and out-apparatus mounting portion which are coupled via a rotational support mechanism. In-apparatus mounting portion and out-apparatus moun... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262391 | Image heating apparatus having a heat generation member generating heat by magnetic flux and heating an image on a recording material A heating apparatus, for heating a material P to be heated by heat from a heat generation member which has a predetermined curie temperature characteristic and generates heat by magnetic flux produced by a magnetic flux generation device. The apparatus includes a di... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249759 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus including a stacking portion for stacking a plurality of sheets thereon, a sheet feeding portion for feeding the sheets stacked on the stacking portion, a fan for sending air to the sheets to loosen the sheets stacked on the stacking portio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7227659 | Print controller and image forming apparatus It is determined in S202 whether or not a mismatch between the paper information for the job A and the paper information existing in the printer (the printer 1A, for example) has occurred, and if there is a mismatch between the two types of paper information, it is ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7200350 | Image forming apparatus switching developing rollers of mounted process cartridges between contact and spaced states and switching the contact position of a feeding belt contactable to drums of the mounted cartridges A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, includes (i) a mounting portion for detachably mounting process cartridges developing images with different colors and each including an electrophotographic photosensit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197273 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In a sheet feeding apparatus, a contact-type sensor for detecting sheet-like documents stored in document tray is separated into upper document detector and a lower document detector arranged at upper and lower sides of the document tray, respectively. The sheet-lik... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184675 | Fixing temperature control method and image forming apparatus with detection of thickness of a print medium In an image forming apparatus which has a medium thickness detecting unit for detecting a thickness of print medium and forms an image by an electrophotographic process, the apparatus has a unit for detecting the thickness of print medium that is used after a predet... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177554 | Printer as well as a method for controlling such a printer A printer for printing on a receiving medium of a predetermined type, including a plurality of feeders for holding receiving media and a control unit, wherein the control unit contains determining means for determining that at least two feeders of the said plurality... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177042 | Facsimile apparatus and account-selling system using the same An account-settling system comprises a buyer-side facsimile apparatus and a seller-side facsimile apparatus. These facsimile apparatuses are connected to the Internet through LANs, respectively. The buyer-side facsimile apparatus comprises, in addition to a facsimil... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167663 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device for an image forming apparatus can perform various operations. These are, for example, an operation to start an image formation and an output process that inhibits opening and closing of a feeding route interlocked with opening and closing of ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159957 | Actuator for a movable portion of an article of furniture A movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer, flap or door, includes at least one preferably electrical drive unit and a triggering device for actuation of the drive unit. The triggering device is at least partially arranged at the movable po... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156391 | Driving apparatus, sheet processing apparatus having driving apparatus, image forming apparatus having sheet processing apparatus and control system A driving apparatus includes a plurality of driving devices, a plurality of detectors for detecting a malfunction of the driving devices, and a controller, which is responsive to a detection result of the detectors, for decreasing a driving speed of a driving device... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148985 | Management of print services Print jobs requested are scheduled to be performed during available time slots, and on suitable printers having lowest associated overhead cost. In the event that no technically suitable printer is available a print services management programme determines whether i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145675 | Humidity-based printer system control A printer system comprises a communication interface and printer components. The communication interface receives a humidity value from a toner cartridge. The printer components control printing operation based on the humidity value. To control printing operation, t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142790 | Image-forming apparatus In an image-forming apparatus, a recording sheet passes in a first feeding path when it is determined that the size of the recording sheet does not satisfy the condition for feeding the recording sheet in a second feeding path even in a case in which the second feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123848 | Method and system for managing print jobs for a printer to maximize throughput Aspects for managing print jobs for a printer are described. The aspects include an examination of a print queue of print jobs based on a level of consumable resources available in the printer. Further, an order of the print jobs in the printer is adjusted to priori... | 10/17/2006 |
