Abstract:
Apparatus for severing recording medium in a document reproduction system, such as facsimile, wherein the transmitter produces an enabling signal indicating that a document has been inserted for reproduction and the detection of the signal at the receiver enables a timer apparatus so that a medium cutting device will cut the recording medium at the proper place before and after the reproduced document to remove waste therefrom. In one embodiment a timer is provided in the transmitter to measure the time for the copy document to move from the copy inlet to the copy scanner and a separate timer is included in the receiver to measure the time for the recording medium to travel from the marking means to the paper cutter. In a second embodiment a timer is provided in the receiver which by itself measures the time required for the copy document at the transmitter to travel from the inlet to the scanner and the time required for the recording medium to go from the marking means to the cutter.
Abstract:
Apparatus for severing recording medium in a document reproduction system, such as facsimile, wherein the recording medium at the recorder is caused to be automatically cut at the beginning and end of each reproduced document as well as at an intermediate point along the long unmarked lead to the first document caused by the runup of the medium after a preceding document and/or the medium runup during the initial phasing period before the marking of the next document.