Image forming apparatus having sheet retaining function

Details Image forming apparatus having sheet retaining function Image forming apparatus having sheet retaining function

2006-11-28

2006-11-28

Gray, David M. (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

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C399S407000

Reexamination Certificate

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07142806

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus capable of connecting to a sheet post-processing equipment, includes an image data inputting unit which inputs a plurality of pages of image data to be formed as images on sheets; an image forming unit configured to form the image on the sheet based on the image data inputted with the inputting unit; a retaining unit including a first conveying path branching from a second conveying path of the sheet post-processing equipment, the retaining unit temporarily retaining the sheet, and then while the sheet post-processing equipment is performing post-processing of a sheet bundle, conveying the sheet to the sheet post-processing equipment; and a control unit which differentiates an order of pages on which the image is formed from an order of pages at a time of normally forming the image in the sheet bundle, to which the sheet post-processing equipment performs the post-processing.

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