Electrophotography – Diagnostics – Unit or part identification
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-13
2003-04-08
Pendegrass, Joan (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Diagnostics
Unit or part identification
C206S449000, C206S459500, C229S235000, C271S145000, C355S072000, C399S389000, C400S582000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06546210
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a printer or a copying machine, a storage medium for storing an operation program of an image forming control apparatus which controls the image forming apparatus, a packaging member for cut sheets used for the image forming apparatus, and a cut sheet packaging body having a plurality of cut sheets and a packaging member to wrap these cut sheets.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, in printing cut sheets, a user first takes out the cut sheets wrapped by a packaging paper and sets these cut sheets in a feeder portion of a printer after leveling the cut sheets once. Subsequently, cut sheet information such as a kind of cut sheets and the like on cut sheets used for printing are inputted to a printer host so as to make the printer perform the printing.
However, in such a prior art, the user has to input such cut sheet information by himself or herself, so that there arises a problem that the operation becomes extremely cumbersome. Further, if the cut sheet information such as the kind of sheets is erroneously inputted, there arises other problems including a problem that the printing quality becomes deteriorated.
Further, the prior art also suffers from a problem that the setting of the cut sheets or the like at the time of exchanging the cut sheets becomes cumbersome.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a storage medium which stores an operation program of an image forming control apparatus so as to allow a user to omit the inputting operation of cut sheet information by himself or herself.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide a cut sheet packaging member which can faciliate setting of cut sheets or the like at the time of exchanging cut sheets used for an image forming apparatus.
The first cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is a cut sheet packaging member which accommodates a stack of cut sheets used for image forming in an image forming apparatus, wherein
a separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member into a lid part and a body part is formed and cut sheet information readable by a sensor is affixed to the body part at a position close to the separation line.
The second cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is a cut sheet packaging member which accommodates a stack of cut sheets used for forming images in an image forming apparatus, wherein
a separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member into a lid part and a body part is formed, a portion to be latched which is engaged with a portion of a sheet feeding part of the image forming apparatus so as to prevent the body part from being fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheets is formed on the body part, and cut sheet information readable by a sensor is affixed to the body part.
The third cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is a cut sheet packaging member which accommodates a plurality of rectangular cut sheets used for forming images in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state, wherein
a first separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member is formed such that a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to one longitudinal end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a body part and a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to the other longitudinal end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a lid part, and second separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member is formed such that a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to one lateral end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a body part and a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to the other lateral end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a lid part, and cut sheet informations readable by a sensor are respectively affixed to the body part when divided by the first separation line and the body part when divided by the second separation line.
The fourth cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is a cut sheet packaging member which accommodates a stack of rectangular cut sheets used for forming images in an image forming apparatus, wherein
a first separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member is formed such that a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to one longitudinal end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a body part and a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to the other longitudinal end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a lid part, and a second separation line for dividing the cut sheet packaging member is formed such that a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to one lateral end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a body part and a portion of the cut sheet packaging member corresponding to the other lateral end side of the rectangular cut sheets accommodated therein constitutes a lid part, portions to be latched which are engaged with a portion of the image forming apparatus are respectively formed on a portion of the body part when divided by the first separation line and on a portion of the body part when divided by the second separation line such that the body part is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheets, and cut sheet informations readable by a sensor are respectively affixed to the body part when divided by the first separation line and the body part when divided by the second separation line.
In any one of the above-mentioned first to fourth cut sheet packaging members, the fifth cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is characterized in that when the lid part is removed and a side which has been covered with the lid part is directed toward the image forming apparatus and a plurality of cut sheets which are covered by the body part are disposed in the image forming apparatus, among a fixed guide and a movable guide which guide the widthwise position of the cut sheets in the image forming apparatus, the cut sheet information is affixed to the body part disposed at a position which constitutes the fixed guide side.
In the fifth cut sheet packaging member, the sixth cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is characterized in that among a plurality of faces which constitute the body part, the cut sheet information is affixed to one surface which faces one-side faces of a plurality of packaged cut sheets in an opposed manner, and when the lid part is removed and a side which has been covered with the lid part is directed toward the image forming apparatus and a plurality of cut sheets which are covered by the body part are disposed in the image forming apparatus, a face of the body part which faces the fixed guide in an opposed manner is removably formed.
In any one of the above-mentioned first to fourth cut sheet packaging members, the seventh cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is characterized in that within the face which faces the cut sheets in an opposed manner, the cut sheet information is affixed to the center position of the body part in a direction perpendicular to the cut sheet insertion direction directed from the body part to the lid part.
In any one of the above-mentioned first to seventh cut sheet packaging members, the eighth cut sheet packaging member for achieving the above-mentioned first object is characterized in that the cut sheet informations are affixed in parallel to the cut sheet insertion direction directed from the body part to the lid part.
In any one of the above-mentioned first to eighth cut sheet packaging members, the ninth cu
Pendegrass Joan
Seiko Epson Corporation
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