Electrophotography – Machine operation – Job mode
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-18
2001-08-07
Grimley, Arthur T. (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Machine operation
Job mode
C271S298000, C399S085000, C399S405000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272297
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The main body delivery tray of a conventional copying machine is attached to the side surface of the copying machine main body. In such conventional copying machine, the main body delivery tray can be detached from the copying machine main body, and a finisher can be attached in place of the main body delivery tray. That is, the delivery destination of the copying machine is set at one of the main body delivery tray and finisher depending on the arrangement of the copying machine.
In this copying machine, not only normal paper but also cardboard can be applied as a copy medium. When cardboard is applied, the toner fixing property can be temporarily improved. Generally, paper conveyability of a copying machine main body is higher than that of a finisher. Hence, the finisher cannot sometimes convey cardboard that can be conveyed in the copying machine without any problem. When cardboard is applied to the copying machine having a finisher, the cardboard may jam in the finisher. To prevent this, when cardboard is applied, the state of the delivery destination of the copying machine must be confirmed. When a finisher is attached to the copying machine, the finisher must be detached from the copying machine main body, and the main body delivery tray must be attached in place to the finisher.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and has as its object to provide the following image forming apparatus and delivery destination control method.
(1) An image forming apparatus and delivery destination control method which can free a user from cumbersome operation of confirming the state of delivery destination or exchanging the delivery destination when cardboard is applied as a copy medium.
(2) An image forming apparatus and delivery destination control method which can set an appropriate delivery destination in correspondence with various modes.
In order to achieve the above object, an image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises a mode setting section for, when modes which cannot be simultaneously executed are simultaneously instructed, selecting and setting only a specific mode of a plurality of instructed modes, an image forming section for forming an image on a medium in correspondence with the mode set by the mode setting section, and a delivery control section for controlling, in correspondence with the mode set by the mode setting section, a delivery destination of the medium having the image formed by the image forming section.
In order to achieve the above object, a delivery destination control method of the present invention comprises the first step of, when modes which cannot be simultaneously executed are simultaneously instructed, selecting and setting only a specific mode of a plurality of instructed modes, and the second step of controlling, in correspondence with the mode set in the first step, a delivery destination of a medium having an image formed by an image forming section.
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patent: 5184734 (1993-02-01), Yamaguchi
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patent: 5809392 (1998-09-01), Tabuchi et al.
Foley & Lardner
Grimley Arthur T.
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
Tran Hoan
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