Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
399408000 | Having binding | 56 |
20080260446 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet folding apparatus includes a fan folding unit that fan folds a folded-back sheet into a width or length of the regular size to file the sheet in the regular-size folder such that the sheet forms layers along a traveling direction of the sheet; first and second punching units that punch the filing hole in the sheet fan folded, respectively, into the width and the length of the regular size at the portion to be punched to file the sheet in the regular-size folder; and a sheet-processing setting unit that sets a fold mode of the fan fold and selects one of the first punching unit and the second punching unit for use in punching of the filing hole in the sheet based on a size and orientation of the delivered sheet. | 10-23-2008 |
20080273909 | METHOD OF PRINTING WITH A PRINT ASSEMBLY HAVING A BINDING ASSEMBLY - Provided is a method of printing with a print assembly having first and second print engines arranged in an opposing in-line sequential configuration along a paper path. The method includes the steps of drawing a sheet of paper into the first print engine, printing image data onto the sheet via the first and second print engines, printing fixative onto the paper to aid drying of ink, and binding the printed sheet into a document using a binding assembly of the print assembly. | 11-06-2008 |
20080304888 | WALL-MOUNTABLE PRINTER HAVING A WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE - Provided is a wall-mountable printer having a wireless network interface for receiving image data, and a printhead assembly having ink reservoirs and a pagewidth printhead for printing the image data on a sheet of paper. The printer also includes a glue wheel assembly configured to apply glue along an edge of the sheet of paper after printing, and a page binding arrangement configured to bind successive sheets of paper together. | 12-11-2008 |
20090129841 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus comprising: an adhesive container to store melted adhesive; a heater which heats the adhesive to melt; a stirring member to stir the adhesive in the adhesive container; and a control section which controls the operation of the heater and the stirring member so that after the heater has been turned off with the termination of a coating process, the stirring member continues stirring operation and stops thereafter. | 05-21-2009 |
20090148215 | Finisher, Bookbinder, and Imaging System - Single perforating unit is enabled to perforate for file binders and to cut milling grooves, while with a simple structure file-binder storage and booklet-binding can be carried out reliably. Configurations include: a convey-in path for sequentially transferring sheets; a stacker for collating into bundles sheets from the convey-in path; and an adhesive-layer applicator for adding an adhesive layer to the spine-closure edge of sheet bundles from the stacker. A perforating unit is provided in along the convey-in path, and a control unit for controlling position and/or number of perforations made by the perforating unit is provided with (1) a first operation mode in which it effects the punching of a predetermined number of holes in the edge of sheets, and (2) a second operation mode in which it effects the formation of a predetermined number of crenulated grooves in the edge of sheets. | 06-11-2009 |
20090279931 | PRINTER HAVING STRAIGHT MEDIA PATH - A printer is provided having a media path along which media is transported, at least one pagewidth printhead arranged to print on the media on the media path, and a binder arranged on the media path for binding the printed media. The printhead and the binder are arranged so that the media path is substantially straight. | 11-12-2009 |
20090311023 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - A bookbinding apparatus which makes it possible to shorten a time period required to heat an adhesive when the power of the bookbinding apparatus is turned on again. A glue preparation section heats glue. A glue applying section applies the heated glue to a recording sheet bundle. A CPU of the bookbinding apparatus determines at the power-on of the apparatus whether or not there is a recording sheet bundle to which glue is to be applied within the apparatus. When there is no such recording sheet bundle, the glue applying section applies glue to a recording sheet bundle after the temperature of the glue has reached a first target temperature, whereas when there is such a recording sheet bundle, the glue applying section applies the glue to the recording sheet bundle after the glue temperature has reached a second target temperature lower than the first target temperature. | 12-17-2009 |
20100008709 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus that performs bookbinding processing on a folded sheet bundle, includes a holding portion configured to hold a folded sheet bundle, and a pressing member configured to press a folded spinal portion of the sheet bundle held by the holding portion. At least one of the holding portion and the pressing member can move in a direction to approach each other along a surface of the sheet held by the holding portion to press the folded spinal portion of the sheet bundle. | 01-14-2010 |
20100080641 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are supplied capable of adjusting binding margins per quire included in a quire book. In the image processing apparatus that has a setting section sets a quire page number of each quire; a size obtaining section obtains medium size information of the print mediums; an assigning and obtaining section assigns respective page numbers to each page of inputted image data and obtains an image page number; a page calculating section calculates an all page number of the quire book on the basis of the quire page number and the image page number; a determining section respectively determines a print region corresponding to the respective page number on the basis of the quire page number, the medium size information and the all page number; and a changing section respectively changes the image data to change image data within the determined print region. | 04-01-2010 |
20100129128 | Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system - A bookbinding apparatus, which applies adhesive onto a back of a bundle of sheets and forms a booklet, comprising: an adhesive tank which is configured to store the adhesive; a heating section which is configured to heat and melt the adhesive stored in the adhesive tank; an adhesive supplying member which is configured to be submerged in the adhesive stored in the adhesive tank, and to be rotated to supply the adhesive onto the back of the bundle of sheets; and a control section which controls the heating section to heat the adhesive to a predetermined coating temperature as a warm-up process, and to control the adhesive supplying member to rotate during the warm-up process. | 05-27-2010 |
20100150637 | Document Binder - A binder assembly integrated with a printer comprises a powered spike wheel assembly for transferring a sheet of paper from the printer; an angled platen for receiving the sheet of paper from the spike wheel assembly, the angled platen provided vertically below the printer, and receiving the sheet of paper in a substantially upright portrait configuration; a binding platen provided opposite the angled platen; and a cable winder mechanism including a cable winder shaft, a system of wheels, and a steel cable attached to the cable winder shaft and arranged around the system of wheels. The cable winder mechanism is engaged with the binding platen and adapted to propel the binding platen towards the angled platen. | 06-17-2010 |
20100202814 | SHEET BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet binding apparatus which forms concavity and the convexity on a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets in a thickness direction so as to bind the sheet bundle, the sheet binding apparatus includes: a pair of concave-convex members, each of which has concave-convex portion in the thickness direction of the sheet bundle and which forms the concavity and the convexity on the sheet bundle in the thickness direction while niping the sheet bundle therebetween; wherein in the pair of concave-convex members, one of the concave-convex members has a greater difference in height of the concave-convex portion than that of the other concave-convex member which engages with the above-described concave-convex member. | 08-12-2010 |
20100290826 | PAPER BINDING APPARATUS, PAPER BINDING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper binding apparatus includes: a paper carrying unit which carries papers so as to be sequentially stacked on a tray; a binding sheet supply unit which attaches a binding sheet applied with pseudo-adhesive to a lower surface of one end of the paper first stacked on the tray in the carriage direction so as to protrude in a pectinate shape; a binding sheet attaching unit which sequentially bends a plurality of protruding pieces of the binding sheet so as to be pressed against an upper surface of one end of the carried paper whenever a new paper is carried to the tray; and a discharge unit which discharges a bundle of papers bound by the binding sheet. | 11-18-2010 |
20110052294 | BOOKBINDING DEVICE AND PRINT-MEDIUM POST-TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A bookbinding device and a print-medium post-treatment apparatus having the same. In the bookbinding device, when a print medium drops and is loaded a stack plate, a drop position of a leading end of the print medium is changed according to a size of the print medium. This prevents sequence upset of print media when the print media are stacked one above another on the stack plate. | 03-03-2011 |
20110081186 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a holding portion that holds a booklet, which includes folded sheets, by a pair of holding members, a pressing portion having a first pressing member, which is brought into contact with a spine of a booklet held by the holding portion so as to perform a deforming process to the spine, and a second pressing member having a thickness, in the thickness direction of the booklet, greater than that of the first pressing member, a moving portion that moves the pressing member along the spine, and a controlling portion that changes the first pressing member to the second pressing member, and increases a deformation amount from the spine before the deformation to a pressing position in the pressing direction where the second pressing member presses the spine, when the thickness of the booklet held by the holding portion exceeds a predetermined thickness. | 04-07-2011 |
20110091259 | Bookbinding system, bookbinding method, and bookbinding control program - A bookbinding system that includes: a center folding unit configured to perform center folding on an integrated sheet bundle; an additionally folding unit configured to additionally perform folding of a folded portion of the center-folded sheet bundle; a back surface forming unit configured to form a back surface on the sheet bundle by pressing a front end of the folded portion of the center-folded sheet bundle and both surfaces of the sheet bundle; and a control unit configured to change the content of additionally folding according to whether to perform the back surface forming or not. | 04-21-2011 |
20110097128 | BINDING PRINTER - A binding printer is provided which has a media transport assembly configured to transport individual sheets of media along a media path, a printhead assembly configured to print on the sheets transported along the media path, and a binding assembly configured to bind together the printed sheets transported along the media path. The binding assembly has a binding platen configured to press each printed sheet transported onto a support platen to preceding sheets supported on the support platen to bind the printed sheets together, and a chassis defining an inlet for receiving the transported printed sheets and an exit hatch from which the bound printed sheets are removable. | 04-28-2011 |
20110135366 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process. | 06-09-2011 |
20110176849 | Sheet Processing Apparatus - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a holding portion which holds a booklet containing a two-folded sheet; and a pressing portion which presses a spine of a booklet into shapes during movement along the spine of the booklet held by the holding portion. The pressing portion can decrease, or release a pressing force to be applied to the booklet spine within a predetermined area of a moving range in which the pressing roller moves along the booklet spine. | 07-21-2011 |
20110222945 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes an image forming unit that forms images on sheets; a sheet compiling unit that compiles the sheets on which the image forming unit has formed the images into a sheet stack; a first binding unit that binds a first end portion of the sheet stack by performing a first binding process; a second binding unit that binds a second end portion of the sheet stack by performing a second binding process, the second end portion being different from the first end portion; and an image rotation unit that rotates an orientation of each of the images in accordance with whether the sheet stack is to be bound by using the first binding unit or the second binding unit, the images being formed on the sheets of the sheet stack by the image forming unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110236103 | Image Forming Apparatus Including Clip Unit, Clip Device, and Finishing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image to be printed on a sheet; an apparatus main body including the image forming unit therein; a recessed section provided on the outer side of the apparatus main body; and a clip unit configured to clip, when the sheet is inserted into the recessed section, an end of the sheet with a paper clip. | 09-29-2011 |
20120034009 | RECORDING MEDIUM POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes a recording medium stacking member; a first binding member that moves to an inside of a stacked area, binds the recording media by deforming the recording media, and moves to an outside of the stacked area after binding the recording media; and a guiding member disposed between the first binding member and the recording media and fixed to the first binding member, the guiding member guiding the recording media so that a gap between the recording media and the first binding member is maintained when the first binding member moves around the inside of the stacked area, wherein the guiding member has an opening that surrounds an area in which the first binding member operates to deform the recording media, and a part of the opening is narrowed in a moving direction of the first binding member. | 02-09-2012 |
20120155944 | BOOKBINDING SYSTEM USING UNFIXED TONER IMAGE AS ADHESIVE - A bookbinding system includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet stacker to load sheets passing through the fixing device, to create a sheet bundle, in which the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker is adhered to produce a complete book; an adhesive toner image forming unit to form an adhesive toner image on an area corresponding to a spine of the complete book; and a heater to heat the unfixed adhesive toner image formed on each sheet of the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet stacker, wherein the adhesive toner image on the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker is the unfixed toner image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120282004 | SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD - A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet reception unit configured to receive a sheet; an alignment unit configured to align the sheet in a conveying direction of the sheet, a trailing edge of the sheet in the conveying direction coming into contact with the alignment unit; and a moving unit configured to move the alignment unit along the sheet reception unit in the conveying direction. A first position for aligning and binding sheets and a second position located above the first position in the sheet reception unit are set for the alignment unit as receiving positions at which the sheet is received from the sheet reception unit. | 11-08-2012 |
20120288311 | CHECKING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF CHECKING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A checking system for checking an image printed sheet includes a post processing control unit that performs control to execute binding of a sheet bundle containing a plurality of sheets determined to be normal based on a checking result and to discharge the sheet bundle to a first sheet discharge unit and a discharge control unit that performs control, in a case where a sheet is determined not to be normal, to discharge the sheet to a second sheet discharge unit, wherein in a case where a sheet is determined not to be normal cannot be discharged to the second sheet discharge unit, a sheet bundle containing the sheet determined not to be normal is discharged to the first sheet discharge unit without executing the binding. | 11-15-2012 |
20130343796 | PUNCHING PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A punching processing apparatus includes: a punching scrap collection member that is disposed at a position where punching scraps produced after punching a sheet drop; a punching scrap housing unit that is disposed in the punching scrap collection member and movable in a horizontal direction; a registration detection unit that is movable in a width direction of the sheet for detecting a positional deviation amount of the sheet in the width direction when a position of the sheet in the width direction is adjusted so as to meet a punching position, wherein punching scraps accumulated in the punching scrap housing unit are shaken and flattened out by causing the punching scrap housing unit to move in the horizontal direction in coordination with the movement of the registration detection unit. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003852 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140030000 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus that forms unevenness on a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets to bind the sheet bundle includes: a scoring portion that scores the sheet along an edge of the sheet bundle apart from the edge of the sheet bundle at a predetermined interval; and a binding portion that forms an unevenness between the edge of the sheet bundle and the score formed on the sheet bundle by the scoring portion while the sheet bundle is nipped between a pair of tooth-like members, each of which has a concavo-convex portion that meshes with each other. | 01-30-2014 |
20140153992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of executing a plurality of kinds of binding process in one job. A printer control section ( | 06-05-2014 |
20150362880 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A toner image is formed on a sheet based on image data by an image forming portion, and a plurality of sheets on which the toner image is formed is bound together by a stapleless binding unit including a pair of tooth-like members, each having a concave and convex portion. Then, the image data is corrected by a correction portion so that a ratio of toner within a part of the sheet to be subjected to binding processing by the stapleless binding unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. | 12-17-2015 |
20160167916 | SHEET MATERIAL BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
20160187832 | PRINT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print apparatus that binds sheets at corners includes printing images onto the sheets, performing binding processing at specified corners using any of a first binding unit that performs the binding processing by being displaced to a plurality of positions and a second binding unit that performs the binding processing at a fixed single position, reversing the sheets via a conveyance path provided for reversing the sheets, and controlling permitting execution of the binding processing using the first or the second binding unit in a case where the sheets to be used are sheets of a type permitted to be reversed, and permitting execution of the binding processing using the first binding unit while prohibiting execution of the binding processing with use of the second binding unit in a case where the sheets to be used are sheets of a type prohibited from being reversed. | 06-30-2016 |
399409000 | By toner | 3 |
20110286778 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BINDING SYSTEM - Systems for producing bound electrophotographic prints are provided. In one aspect there is provided a system with a print engine having a printing module to form a toner image on a receiver, a fuser with a heater that heats the toner image to fuse the toner image to a receiver to form a print, a stacking system that stacks the print and a sheet in a stacking area with the fused toner image between the print and the sheet. A heating system has a heat source that applies a heat along an edge of the stack, and a controller that causes the toner image to have toner in a binding area proximate to the heated edge of the stack and in an image area that is separated from the binding area by a separation area. A portion of the heat applied at the edge of the stack heats the binding area to cause toner in the binding area to fuse for a second time and a residual portion of the heat applied heats the separation area, but the separation area does not heat the image area to an extent sufficient to fuse toner in the image area. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286779 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BINDING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods and printers are provided for forming bound electrophotographic prints are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of applying a toner to a receiver to form a toner image with having toner in a binding area and in an image area. The binding area is proximate to a binding edge of the receiver and the image area that is separated from the binding area by an separation area; (printers). The toner image is fused to form a print, and a sheet and the prints are stacked with the toner in the binding area of the print confronting the sheet along a binding edge of the sheet. Heat is applied at the binding edges to cause the toner in the binding area to fuse for a second time. A residual portion of the applied heat heats the separation area but the separation area does not heat the image area to an extent sufficient to fuse toner in the image area. | 11-24-2011 |
20130051886 | SHEET BINDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an adhesive toner pattern in a predetermined bonding range of a sheet, outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed, a stacking unit to stack multiple sheets one on top of another, and a sheet binding device that includes a fusing device to fuse and fix the adhesive toner pattern formed on the multiple sheets to bind the multiple sheets together, and a bonding strength setting unit to determine, in accordance with a desired bonding strength, at least one of a number of color toners used for forming the adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern. | 02-28-2013 |
399410000 | By staple | 21 |
20080253820 | Sheet Postprocessing Apparatus - A sheet hold flap | 10-16-2008 |
20080286022 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A sheet post-processing apparatus ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090148216 | FINISHER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of the invention, a punching unit bores a first hole and a second hole, which are parted from each other by a predetermined distance, in a sheet conveyed from a main body having an image forming unit which forms an image on the sheet; a wire guide feeding/rewinding unit inserts a hollow wire guide into the first hole and the second hole punched in the sheet; a wire feeding unit inserts a wire into the wire guide which is inserted into the first hole and the second hole; a wire holding unit holds the wire inserted into the wire guide; a wire cutting unit cuts the wire; and a wire bending unit bends the wire. Therefore, it is possible to preferably bind a sheet bundle regardless of the thickness of the sheet bundle or the number of sheets in the sheet bundle. | 06-11-2009 |
20090175667 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Based on the image size and folding setting, a recording medium storing device is selected among a plurality of the recording medium storing devices, an image is formed on a recording medium in the selected recording medium storing device based on image information, and the recording medium on which the images is formed is folded by a folding device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090252545 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus - An image forming system that binds sheets into a booklet inhibits Z-folding of a sheet and mixing of a sheet of a different size when a binding mode corresponding to a binding process other than a stapling process is selected by a user. When the Z-folding of a sheet and the mixing of a sheet of a different size are inhibited, the image forming system can release an inhibition of the Z-folding of a sheet and the mixing of a sheet of a different size depending on an instruction from a user. | 10-08-2009 |
20100284722 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion that forms an image on a sheet; a upper unit that is movably mounted above the image forming portion; a sheet processing apparatus that processes the sheet, having the image formed thereon by the image forming portion, by a processing portion; and a stacking portion on which the sheet processed by the sheet processing apparatus is stacked and which is disposed between the image forming portion and the upper unit, wherein the sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path that guides the sheet, having the image formed thereon by the image forming portion, to the processing portion, and the sheet conveyance path is opened with a moving operation of the upper unit. | 11-11-2010 |
20100316425 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE MECHANISM CONNECTING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD - A connecting apparatus includes a rotation conveyance section whose end is positioned below a recording medium discharge port of a recording medium discharging apparatus, and which is constructed separately from an inlet roller to nip and convey a recording medium and is rotated to receive and guide the recording medium discharged from the recording medium discharging apparatus to an inside of a recording medium receiving apparatus, and an upper conveyance mechanism whose end is positioned above the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus and which is constructed separately from the inlet roller. An upper end of the connecting apparatus at a recording medium discharging apparatus side is positioned above the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus, and a lower end is positioned below the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
20110033218 | STAPLING APPARATUS, FINISHING APPARATUS, AND STAPLING METHOD - A stapling apparatus includes: a stapler having an opening, into which plural sheets are inserted while being laid one on top of another, and configured to staple one end of the sheets; first and second switches configured to be turned on when the sheets are inserted into the opening of the stapler and respective edges of adjacent two sides of the sheets are pressed; and a stapler driving unit configured to instruct the stapler to perform stapling when both the first and second switches are turned on. | 02-10-2011 |
20110091260 | Paper processing apparatus and image forming apparatus - A paper processing apparatus includes: a discharging unit that discharges the paper onto a staple tray; a paper returning unit that reverses the paper discharged by the discharging unit and performs alignment in a conveying direction by abutting the paper against a rear end reference fence; a supporting unit that supports the discharging unit in a state capable of coming in contact with or separating from the paper; a contact and separation unit by which the discharging unit comes in contact with or separates from the paper; and a pressurizing unit that is moved by the contact and separation unit, does not load the discharging unit in a standby state where the discharging unit is held apart from the paper, and applies contact pressure in a state where the discharging unit is in contact with the paper. | 04-21-2011 |
20120027484 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH STAPLING FUNCTION - An image forming apparatus with a stapling function is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a printing device and a stapling device. The printing device is used for printing images on plural papers. The printed papers are transmitted to the stapling device and stapled by the stapling device. The printing device has a printing device casing. The stapling device includes a minor casing and a main casing, which are respectively connected with a first surface and a second surface of the printing device casing. Since the stapling device is connected with two difference surfaces of the printing device casing, the overall height of the image forming apparatus is reduced. | 02-02-2012 |
20120082497 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STAPLER - An image forming apparatus having a stapler includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a power source configured to supply electric power to the image forming unit and the stapler, and a control unit configured to control the operation of the stapler. In the image forming apparatus, a time period for prohibiting the operation of the stapler is set such that a total of a power consumption of the image forming unit and a power consumption of the stapler is equal to or less than an electric power the power source can supply so as to perform the operation of the stapler and the operation of the image forming unit partially in parallel with each other. | 04-05-2012 |
20120321365 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND POST PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a feeder having a longer side direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording medium, and feeds a maximum size recording medium with a longer side first, an image forming unit having a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to a longer side length of the maximum size recording medium, and prints a toner image onto the recording medium, and a sub feeder that can feed the maximum size recording medium to the image forming unit independently from the feeder. A post processing apparatus receives a printed recording medium and executes post processing on a side of the recording medium. A feeding source of the maximum size recording medium is selected from the feeder and the sub feeder for executing the post processing on the longer and shorter sides of the maximum size recording medium, respectively. | 12-20-2012 |
20130108344 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130223909 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A post-processing device supplies a recoding medium when a punching unit is determined to have failed. The post-processing device allows the recording medium to be supplied to a stapling unit if passage of the recording medium supplied to the punching unit through an arrangement position of a second sensor is detected within a first time period after detection of passage of the recoding medium through an arrangement position of a first sensor. | 08-29-2013 |
20140023418 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control method for controlling a printing apparatus includes printing an image on a sheet, receiving a position subjected to post-processing from a user, controlling, in a case where the received position subjected to post-processing is a first position, to perform post-processing to the received position on the sheet without reversing the sheet on which the image is printed, and, controlling, in a case where the received position subjected to post-processing is a second position, to perform post-processing to the received position on the sheet after reversing the sheet on which the image is printed, and displaying, in a case where the type of the sheet subjected to image printing is of a type unsuitable for reversal, a screen for changing the type of the sheet to be used for printing. | 01-23-2014 |
20140140747 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes an input unit, a specifying unit, a storing unit, a printing unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The specifying unit specifies a number of sheets for printing image data pieces of a plurality of pages. The receiving unit receives a binding process execution instruction. When the sheets are printed in the reverse order and the printed sheets are bound, the printing unit had started the reverse order printing after all the image data pieces were stored. When (i) the sheets are to be printed in the reverse order and the binding process is set to be executed and (ii) it is determined, while the storing unit is storing the image data pieces, that the specified number of sheets exceeds the number of sheets that can be bound, the printing unit starts printing in the page order before all the image data pieces are stored. | 05-22-2014 |
20150314980 | SHEET-STAPLING APPARATUS THAT STAPLES CENTER-FOLD SHEETS BY STAPLE, AND IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A sheet-stapling apparatus mounts a center-fold booklet and staples the booklet at a fold of the booklet by a staple. The sheet-stapling apparatus has a supporting member that mounts the center-fold booklet, pushing members that push the booklet to the supporting member, a stapler that penetrates the staple through the booklet and a clincher that clinches legs of the staple to bind the booklet. Each pushing member has a pushing recess portion for pushing the fold of the booklet. The pushing recess portion spreads from a booklet-positioning angle to a booklet-pushing angle to prevent the booklet from shifting. | 11-05-2015 |
20160091855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section and a job executing section including a printing section and a finishing processing section. The finishing processing section performs stapling processing on a paper sheaf based on a stapling pattern designated by a user that stipulates position and number of one or more stapling points. The storage section stores a threshold sheet number as a determination criterion for whether to execute damage restriction processing. When a target paper sheaf is smaller than the threshold sheet number, the job executing section executes, as the damage restriction processing, one or more of: first processing of ejecting paper without stapling processing; second processing of performing stapling processing after increasing the number of sheets in the target paper sheaf to the threshold sheet number; and third processing of performing stapling processing at a larger number of stapling points than stipulated by the designated stapling pattern. | 03-31-2016 |
20160116882 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Even when a binding process for binding a plurality of sheets without using a staple is performed after performing printing on both faces of the sheets, the binding process can be performed so that the bound sheets are not easily separated. A control method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprises: performing a binding process for binding, without using a staple, a sheet on which an image is printed based on image data; specifying an area where the binding process is to be performed, the area being included in the image data; deleting image data of the specified area; and printing the image on the sheet based on the image data on which deleting is performed. | 04-28-2016 |
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