摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of process units contacting a continuous recording medium and transferring images on the recording medium, a separating and contacting mechanism for controlling at least one of the recording medium and each of the process units to a separated state where the recording medium and the process unit are separated from each other and a contacting state where the recording medium and the process unit contact each other, and a controller for controlling the separating and contacting mechanism at a position where the process unit confronts a non-printing region on the recording medium so as to put the recording medium and the process unit to the contacting state.
摘要:
A double-side printing apparatus for printing on double surfaces of a recording medium is constructed to prevent both an adverse influence on an image forming unit from a fixing unit and an offset of a toner image on the recording medium. The double-side printing apparatus includes a first image forming unit for forming the toner image on one surface of the recording medium, a second image forming unit, provided downstream of the first image forming unit, for forming a toner image on the other surface of the recording medium, a first fixing unit for fixing the toner image on one surface of the recording medium by a light, a second fixing unit, provided downstream of the first fixing unit, for fixing the toner image on the other surface of the recording medium, and a preventing member, provided between the first fixing unit and the second image forming unit, for preventing the light from the first fixing unit from reaching a photo sensitive body of the second image forming unit. The double-side printing apparatus further includes a guide member for guiding the recording medium, and a charger for charging the recording medium to prevent an offset of an unfixed image to the guide member.
摘要:
A printing system comprising: a printing device having a printing portion and a printing control portion; and a cutting device having a cutting portion which cuts a continuous sheet, a conveying portion conveying the continuous sheet, a detecting portion detecting cutting information, and a cutting control portion which controls the cutting portion such that the continuous sheet is cut at a cutting position indicated by the cutting information, when the cutting information is detected at the continuous sheet within a predetermined range from a cutting position at an upstream side in a conveying direction of the conveying portion, and controls the cutting portion such that the continuous sheet is cut at a set length which is set in advance, when the cutting information is not detected at the continuous sheet within the predetermined range from the cutting position at the upstream side in the conveying direction, is provided.
摘要:
The present invention aims at providing a method of controlling a post-processor connected with an image-forming device that utilizes a conventional image-forming device and post-processing unit, and does not necessarily require to consistently form a sag in continuous paper. The inventive method of controlling the post-processor is carried out by the image-forming device that includes a transfer part and a fixing part, and conveys continuous paper. The image-forming device is connected with the post-processor that processed the continuous paper on which an image has been formed. The method comprises the steps of initiating an electrophotographic image-forming operation in the transfer part and the fixing part so that the image-forming device forms an image onto and conveys the continuous paper, initiating an operation of the post-processor so that the post-processor post-processes and conveys the continuous paper, stopping the operation of the post-processor on or before a completion of a transfer by the transfer part onto the continuous paper, conveying to the fixing part the continuous paper onto which the fixing part has finished transferring, and conveying to the transfer part the continuous paper onto which the fixing part finishes a fixation.
摘要:
The present invention is a part retainer for housing and retaining various electronic and mechanical parts wherein a retaining unit has an engaging piece that stably stops at both a position at which it protrudes toward the opening of a part housing space and a position at which it withdraws, and which can move between these two positions under a specified or more amount of force, and wherein when protruding toward the opening, the engaging piece prevents the part housed in the housing space from falling out.
摘要:
When a time mode is selected, after power to the apparatus as a whole is cut off, the time until the scheduled start of supply of power to the heating units is counted. When the scheduled time of the start of supply of power is reached, power starts to be supplied to the heating units. When the continuous mode is selected, instruction is given to continue supplying power to the heating units even when power to the apparatus as a whole is turned off. Also, when a service start time is input, the next build-up time is predicted or the amount of power previously supplied to the heating units is changed based on the changes along with time in the temperature, humidity, and other facets of the internal environment of the heating units measured up until then, a predetermined amount of power starts to be supplied to the heating units in advance of the service start time by the predicted build-up time, the changes along with time in the internal environment from the start of supply of power to the heating heats up until when the print ready region is reached are measured and stored, and power starts to be supplied to the apparatus as a whole when the service start time is reached.
摘要:
The semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate composed essentially of a III-V compound semiconductor containing Ga and As, and a surface layer structure provided on the semiconductor substrate and this layer has a composition different from that of the semiconductor substrate. The surface layer structure includes a strained layer epitaxially grown on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and composed essentially of at least one-element selected from the group consisting of indium, gallium, aluminum and boron, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of arsenic and phosphorus. The strained layer has a composition different from that of the semiconductor substrate The strained layer has a valence band maximum lower in energy than that of the valence band maximum of the semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
An image processing system capable of combining two or more image data having different pixel densities into one page of image data. The system includes a parallel/serial converter and a serial/parallel converter. A first clock is input into the parallel/serial converter and a second clock is input into the serial/parallel converter. Image data is converted into serial image data by the parallel/serial converter in synchronism with the first clock and then the serial image data is converted into parallel image data by the serial/parallel converter in synchronism with the second clock. By varying the number of clock pulses per unit time between the first and second clocks, the input image data having a first pixel density may be converted into output image data having second pixel density.
摘要:
A checking method for a device having a plurality of light emitting elements, especially an LED array installed in electronic printing equipment. The check is done while the LED array is mounted in the equipment and does not require removal thereof. The check is done in a short time period, so it can be done during a period of page change of the printer, without disturbing the operation of the printer. Each of the LEDs are lighted one by one with a pulse. The output emission of the array is detected by a photoelectric detector which is positioned to detect the emission from any of the LEDs. The output of the detector becomes a burst of pulses, each of the pulses representing the emission property of a corresponding LED. Each pulse is converted into a digital signal and stored in a RAM as emission data. The emission data is fed back to the driver of each LED to compensate for differences in the emission characteristics of the LEDs. This improves the uniformity of the output image the electronic printer. Each time of the check is performed, the RAM is rewritten. Thereby, a change in the emission data indicates a change or degradation of one or more of the LEDs. This enables one to forecast the life expectancy of the LED array, and maintenance of the printer becomes easier.
摘要:
A facsimile communication apparatus of the type which once stores facsimile data to be transmitted after scanning includes an information adding circuit which adds such information as source of transmission, total number of pages and current page number to each page of facsimile data before transmission. The present apparatus also keeps the current page number of a batch of facsimile data being transmitted and allows to transmit facsimile data from that portion corresponding to the current page number when transmission is resumed after interruption.