Image forming apparatus with rotational cutter and cut forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a continuous medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on a surface of the medium; a pasting unit that pastes a protection member to the surface of the medium on which the image has been formed; an inspection unit disposed downstream of the image forming unit in a direction in which the medium is transported, the inspection unit inspecting whether the image is defective; a cutting unit disposed downstream of the inspection unit in the direction, the cutting unit being capable of performing an operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium so as to surround the image; and a controller that controls the cutting unit so that the cutting unit does not perform the operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium if the image is defective.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a transport unit that transports a continuous medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on a surface of the medium; a pasting unit that pastes a protection member to the surface of the medium on which the image has been formed; an inspection unit disposed downstream of the image forming unit in a direction in which the medium is transported, the inspection unit inspecting whether the formed image is defective; a cutting unit disposed downstream of the inspection unit in the direction in which the medium is transported, the cutting unit being capable of performing an operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium so as to surround the formed image; and a controller that controls the cutting unit so that the cutting unit does not perform the operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium if the image is defective, wherein the cutting unit includes a rotational body that rotates and a cutting member disposed on a part of an outer periphery of the rotational body, the cutting member periodically passing through a cutting position at which the cutting unit forms a cut so as to surround the image formed on the surface as the rotational body rotates, and wherein, if the image inspected by the inspection unit is not defective, the controller causes an image portion of the medium on which the image has been formed to be transported to the cutting position at the same time as the cutting member moves to the cutting position, and, if the image inspected by the inspection unit is defective, the controller causes the medium to be transported so that the image portion passes through the cutting position before the cutting member moves to the cutting position.