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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045912 | Image forming system and recording medium for storing program Disclosed herein is an image forming system including: an image forming unit for forming images based on a plurality of document pages on a plurality of recording media to form a printed matter; a special sheet feeding unit for storing a special sheet group constitu... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7991345 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that executes print jobs in which images are printed on sheets; a sheet discharge tray that receives the printed sheets and partition sheets that partition the printed sheets; a transport unit that discharges the p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7660555 | Printing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control method therefor When no blank page is to be printed (S407) and an interleave page is to be output before or after a page to be printed (S405), if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output following the page to be output are blank pages (S406... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7603072 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system and program for image forming An image forming apparatus comprises a conveyance section which conveys at least one sheet of a second special sheet group so as to be inserted between two special sheets of a first special sheet group on a stacking section. A rest of special sheets which belong to ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7536149 | Image forming apparatus There is described an image forming apparatus, in which the recording medium and the insertion recording medium are conveyed in a state that they overlap each other. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section to form an image on a recording mediu... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7447477 | Sheet processing apparatus having a sheet insertion function, control method therefor, image forming apparatus, and program for implementing the control method A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of improving operability while suppressing an increase in apparatus size. In a front cover insertion mode, an insertion sheet for a front cover is inserted into a bundle of sheets on which images have been formed, and in... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444109 | Printed matter preparation device, printing data transmission method and apparatus, and recording medium A room for selection of a measure is given to a user before execution of printing in a case where an extra tab sheet is generated in preparing a printed matter in which a plurality of tab sheets constituting one set are inserted in designated page positions. For thi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7369256 | Interruption of job in information processing apparatus by means of acquisition and release of resources An information processing apparatus, which attends to inputting and outputting of image data, and processes the image data by performing a job that uses a resource, includes a time-division resource allocation unit which performs the job by consecutively performing ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354034 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with same A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be st... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354037 | Stapler for a finishing device having a variable start pulse A stapler is incorporated in a finishing device associated with a document creating apparatus. The stapler has a control circuit with a memory and is driven by a variably powered motor. An end user inputs the job parameter information at the control panel of the doc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338042 | Sheet supplying apparatus The uppermost original of a bundle of originals placed on a stacking tray is photographed by an area sensor, and on the basis of chroma saturation information of image information thus obtained, whether the original to be separated is a color original is discriminat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7310108 | Printing system A printing system includes first and second marking engines which are operatively connected to each other for printing images onto print media. A print media transport system collects printed media from the marking engines. The print media transport system includes ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307741 | Printer with integral automatic pre-printed sheets insertion system An automatic pre-printed sheets insertion system integratable into an otherwise conventional printer, without requiring any additional space, yet enabling the feeding of selected pre-printed sheets into the printer output path, bypassing the print engine and fuser, ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293768 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus allowing travel of a tabbed sheet, in which even when a tabbed sheet is made to travel, no erroneous jamming detection occurs, thus allowing the tabbed sheet to travel in the same manner as in the case of an ordinary sheet. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283762 | Glossing system for use in a printing architecture In a tightly integrated parallel printing architecture having at least a first print engine and a second print engine, the first print engine and a second print engine includes a first fuser system having a first fusing member for fusing marking particles on the sub... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281707 | Aftertreatment apparatus, and controlling method, program and storage medium therefor Sheet thickness data obtained from the output of a sheet thickness detecting sensor are calculated to thereby calculate a sheet bundle thickness. When the sheet bundle thickness reaches a predetermined value, other aftertreatment differing from a set aftertreatment ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281708 | Sheet handling apparatus and image forming apparatus When the rear end of a sheet bundle S is brought to reach the clamping portion between a rocking roller and a rear end aligning wall by conveyance means, the individual timings, at which the rocking roller and the rear end aligning wall move to the escape position, ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280797 | Image forming apparatus with paper thickness detection unit for detecting overlap of regular and insertion sheets An image forming apparatus has a first stacking unit for stacking regular sheets on which images are formed, an image forming unit for forming an image on a regular sheet fed from the first stacking unit, a second stacking unit for stacking the insertion sheets, a d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261288 | Postprocessing apparatus with two or more finishing devices A postprocessing apparatus stops and positions an image recording sheet delivered from an image forming apparatus at a predetermined position, punches the sheet with a punching unit, and thereafter folds the sheet with a folding unit. ... | 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 |
| 7253911 | Printing method and system for executing printing in plural print processes If a presentation mode to print a presentation material and a distribution material is selected and the number of copies of printing of the distribution material is set, a printing job is issued from a computer to a printer in accordance with the setting. Thus, on t... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7245871 | Image forming system having switching section for stackers and image forming method thereof An image forming system including: an image forming section for forming an image on a paper; a transporting path for transporting the paper on which the image has been formed in the image forming section; a plurality of stackers for stacking the paper transported by... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215921 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, such as a printer, having a frame member, wherein there is provided, inside the frame member and on the upstream side of a sheet discharging portion with respect to the sheet conveying direction, a buffering device equipped with a rotary ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207559 | Sheet treating apparatus A sheet treating apparatus to be connected to an image forming apparatus, which has a sheet guide portion which selectively guides a sheet to a sheet stacking portion or a sheet treating portion and, in a state in which a power supply of the sheet treating apparatus... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7170615 | Image processing device including image data management capabilities An image processing device includes: (1) a scanner unit for inputting image data; (2) an image memory for storing the image data; (3) a machine control board for confirming the characteristics of the image data; (4) a binary image processing section for performing i... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165764 | Sheet processing apparatus with buffer for sheet finisher A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a processing tray on which sheets are to be stacked and subjected to a processing, a stack tray provided in the downstream of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction on which sheets are to be st... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161691 | Method and apparatus for multiple media printing When a presentation mode in which print information of a single original is to be printed on an OHP film and paper sheet is designated, print settings for the OHP film and paper sheet are set, one of the OHP film and paper sheet or both of them are selected as a pre... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158858 | Method to determine when a media handling system configuration is valid and a media handling system arranged in accordance with the same method A media handling system comprises a configuration of N linked modules. Each module has an order based on the module's linkage in the configuration. Thus, a first module of order 1 links to a second module of order 2, the second module links to a third module of orde... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152856 | Sheet processing apparatus and image processing apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet processor apparatus comprising: a sheet stack portion on which a sheet is stacked; a sheet conveyance path for conveying a sheet stacked on the sheet stack portion; a sheet conveyor for conveying to the sheet conveyance path ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149467 | Waste toner system for an image forming device A waste toner removal system for an image forming device. The invention includes a mechanism for removing the waste toner from the cartridge and transporting it through a toner chute to a waste toner tank. One or more actuators within the device allow for the connec... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136616 | Parallel printing architecture using image marking engine modules An integrated printing system is provided and includes at least two generally vertically aligned image marking engines and at least two generally horizontally aligned image marking engines. The printing system further includes at least one generally horizontal inter... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119920 | Image formation system In case of forming images of a job, which includes color pages and black/white pages, in order to constitute a system which can obtain pages of individually formed images with a state in original page order by selectively using both a color image formation apparatus... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113846 | Sheet handling apparatus which inserts insert sheets between recording sheets having image formed thereon, method of controlling same, image forming apparatus and storage medium therefor A sheet handling apparatus is provided, which is comprised of a plurality of inserter trays for stacking thereon insert sheets to be inserted between recording sheets having images formed thereon. Sheet feeding modes for feeding insert sheets include two kinds, i.e.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097369 | Method and apparatus for inserting tabs in a print job Method and apparatus for inserting tabs in a print job. A method for inserting tab sheets in a print job is disclosed. First, a position is selected within a document to insert a tab sheet, which document includes a plurality of sheets each with a document defined i... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095512 | Document process system A division/coupling process section refers to item “DOCUMENT PROCESS” in a division/coupling set information DB. If a document division/coupling process needs to be executed, division/coupling set information from the division/coupling set information DB is refe... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088947 | Post processor inserter speed and timing adjust unit In the present invention an image-forming production system includes a marking engine. The marking engine outputs a plurality of printed sheets at a first speed. An inserter is connected to receive the plurality of printed sheets from the marking engine and insert a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080830 | Sheet processing apparatus with multiple conveying units The invention provides a sheet processing apparatus including a sheet processing portion for processing a sheet, and a sheet conveying portion for conveying a sheet to the sheet processing portion, wherein the sheet conveying portion includes a sheet conveying unit ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080274 | System architecture and method for synchronization of real-time clocks in a document processing system A system architecture and method are provided for synchronizing the slave clock of one or more resources with the master clock of a controller in a document processing system. The method includes: a) saving a value of the master clock (615); b) generating a d... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063317 | Image forming apparatus capable of feeding tab sheets of tab sheet bundle There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of setting up a tab sheet mode-operating and configuring environment in which an effective tab sheet mode output can be obtained by a simple operation of selecting feeding of tab sheets and a destination of discha... | 06/20/2006 |
