Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置及方法
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Application No.: US11682238Application Date: 2007-03-05
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Publication No.: US07410158B2Publication Date: 2008-08-12
- Inventor: Junichi Iida , Hiroki Okada , Junichi Tokita , Kenji Yamada , Hiromoto Saitoh , Shuuya Nagasako , Naohiro Kikkawa
- Applicant: Junichi Iida , Hiroki Okada , Junichi Tokita , Kenji Yamada , Hiromoto Saitoh , Shuuya Nagasako , Naohiro Kikkawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
- Priority: JP2003-105566 20030409; JP2004-029559 20040205
- Main IPC: B65H37/04
- IPC: B65H37/04

Abstract:
A copy machine achieves a reduction in power consumption when performing a saddle-stitching operation. An image forming unit forms visible images on recording sheets in accordance with image data stored in a memory device. A post-processing unit collects the recording media on an individual copy basis to prepare a bundle of the recording sheets, and performs a saddle-stitching process and a center-folding process on the bundle of the recording sheets. The post-processing unit ejects the processed recording sheets onto a predetermined eject tray. A system control part determines whether or not a total number of the recording sheets corresponding to the image data is within a limit number for the saddle-stitching process. When the total number of the recording sheets exceeds the limit number for the saddle-stitching process, the recording sheets are ejected onto the at least one eject tray other than a predetermined eject tray.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070147922A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2007-06-28
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