Image forming apparatus for copying different groups of document

Details Image forming apparatus for copying different groups of document Image forming apparatus for copying different groups of document

1996-03-28

1998-11-17

Ramirez, Nestor R.

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Responsive to copy media characteristic

399363, 399370, 399382, G03G 2100

Patent

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058390197

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus which includes a document transporting device for sequentially transporting a group of original documents to a predetermined position on a document platen one by one. The group of original documents includes main body pages and partition pages which have a dimension different from the dimension of the main body pages. The image forming apparatus also includes an image forming device for forming an image of each of the original documents on a respective copy sheet in synchronization with an operation of the document transportation device. Sheet supplying means which have a plurality of supply portions and which feed copy sheets one at a time from the supply portions to the image forming device are also included. The image forming apparatus includes a detection device for detecting the dimension of each of the original documents while the original document is being transported to the predetermined position, and a control device for controlling the sheet supplying device in accordance with a detection of the detection device so as to supply a copy sheet for the partition pages from a supply portion different from a supply portion for the main body pages.

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