Image forming apparatus, method for assisting paper sheet...

Details Image forming apparatus, method for assisting paper sheet... Image forming apparatus, method for assisting paper sheet...

2011-08-23

2011-08-23

Joerger, Kaitlin S (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

Multiple supplies

C271S009030, C271S009050, C271S009060, C399S391000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08002259

ABSTRACT:
Described is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to create a vacant tray. The apparatus includes a paper sheet managing section to conduct consecutive operations including: acquiring the residual amount of the paper sheets accommodated in each of plurality paper sheet trays; calculating a total sum of residual amounts of paper sheets having the same attributes; comparing the above-calculated total sum with the maximum accommodating capacity of each of the paper sheet trays currently accommodating the paper sheets concerned; and notifying the operator of the fact that a vacant tray can be made by collecting the paper sheets concerned into a specific paper sheet tray, if there exists such paper sheets and a combination of paper sheet trays that make the total sum of the residual amounts of the paper sheets equal to or smaller than the maximum accommodating capacity of the specific paper sheet tray.

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Japanese Office Action dated Jun. 25, 2010.
Japanese Office Action corresponding to Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-225882 dated Oct. 8, 2010.

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