摘要:
A roll sheet cutter mechanism for an image forming apparatus is provided which is adapted to cut a roll sheet 4 paid out of a feed reel 51 between a rotary blade 82 and a stationary blade 81. When the leading edge of the transported roll sheet 4 passes over the rotary blade 82 located at a guiding position, the rotary blade 82 guides the leading edge of the roll sheet 4 in a transportation direction. The rotary blade 82 returns to a cutting stand-by position before the tail edge portion of the roll sheet 4 passes over the rotary blade 82. Therefore, the occurrence of jam of the roll sheet due to the curling thereof can assuredly be prevented. Further, time loss can be eliminated because the rotary blade is adapted to return to the cutting stand-by position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus which is adapted to transfer an image onto a roll sheet (4C) fed out of a roll body (4C1) which is transported through a transportation path (D3) to an image forming section (20, 22, 24). When a user opens a front door (1b) of the image forming apparatus and sets a new roll body (4C1) around a feed reel (53) thereof, the leading edge (4C2) of a roll sheet (4C) fed out of the roll body (4C1) is located at a predetermined position in the transportation path (D3). When the user closes the front door (1b) upon completion of replacement of the roll body (4C1), a safety switch (501) is switched off. In response thereto, the feed reel (53) is driven, and reciprocative transportation of the roll sheet (4C) is repeated a plurality of times, so that the roll sheet (4C) is moved back and forth with respect to the direction of transportation thereof. Thus, the attitude of the roll sheet (4C) is corrected, whereby the leading edge (4C2) of the roll sheet (4C) is aligned with a line perpendicular to the transportation direction.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus capable of cutting a strip-shaped continuous sheet on which an image is formed to a desirable cutting length. A rolled-sheet (4) is conveyed by registration rollers (LL) and the like. The rolled-sheet (4) is further led to the vicinity of a photosensitive drum (20) through pre-transfer rollers (TL). The rolled-sheet (4) to which a toner image has been transferred is subjected to toner fixing processing by a fixing device (35). When the leading end of the rolled-sheet (4) reaches the pre-transfer rollers (TL), the rotational speed of a sheet feeding motor (PFM) is increased during predetermined time. Consequently, the sheet conveying speed on the upstream side of the pre-transfer rollers (TL) in a direction of sheet conveyance is increased, thereby forming slack in a sheet portion between the registration rollers (LL) and the pre-transfer rollers (TL). Consequently, tension exerted on a sheet portion between the fixing device (35) and the pre-transfer rollers (TL) does not affect the conveyance of the sheet by the registration rollers (LL). If operation timing of a cutting mechanism (80) is determined on the basis of the number of output pulses of a pulse output unit (PW) for detecting rotation of the sheet feeding motor (PFM), therefore, the rolled-sheet (4) can be reliably cut to a desirable length.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus having a structure in which it is judged whether or not the trailing end of a continuous sheet is fixed to a feeding reel (51, 52, 53). The continuous sheet wound around the feeding reel (51, 52, 53) is pulled out, and is conveyed through a conveying path passing through an image forming section. When the continuous sheet is conveyed, the rotation or the stop of the feeding reel (51, 52, 53) is detected. When the stop of the rotation of the feeding reel (51, 52, 53) is detected while the continuous sheet is being conveyed, it is judged that the continuous sheet has been used up. The continuous sheet is further conveyed for a predetermined time period after the judgment. It is judged whether or not the trailing end of the continuous sheet is fixed to the feeding reel (51, 52, 53) depending on whether or not the continuous sheet exists in a predetermined position of the conveying path.