Image forming system with an image inspection device

摘要

An image forming system includes an image forming unit configured to output image data onto a recording medium; a first conveying unit configured to convey the medium; a reading unit configured to read an image from the medium; a defect determining unit configured to determine whether the read image has a defect; a device connection determining unit configured to determine whether a discharge device is directly connected to an image inspection device at the downstream side or is connected to the image inspection device via another device at the downstream side; a second conveying unit configured to convey the medium to the discharge device on a longer conveying path, when the discharge device is directly connected to the image inspection device; a defective discharge tray to which the medium having a defective image is discharged; and a normal discharge tray to which the medium having a non-defective image is discharged.

主权项

1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus comprising an image forming unit configured to output image data onto a recording medium; an image inspection device connected to the image forming apparatus comprising a reading unit configured to read an image from the recording medium that is conveyed; a discharge device connected to the image inspection device; wherein the image inspection device further comprises a first conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium onto which the image data has been output; wherein at least one of the image forming apparatus, the image inspection device, and the discharge device comprises a defect determining unit configured to determine whether the read image has a defect; wherein the image inspection device further comprises a plurality of conveying paths arranged to convey the recording medium whose image has been read, the conveying paths having different lengths; wherein at least one of the image forming apparatus, the image inspection device, and the discharge device comprises a device connection determining unit configured to determine whether, at a downstream side of the image inspection device in a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, the discharge device is directly connected to the image inspection device without another device in between or is connected to the image inspection device via another device; wherein the image inspection device further comprises a second conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium to the discharge device by using a longer conveying path from among the plurality of conveying paths, in response to the discharge device being directly connected to the image inspection device at the downstream side without another device in between; wherein the discharge device further comprises:
a defective recording medium discharge tray unit to which the recording medium having a defective image output thereon is discharged; anda normal recording medium discharge tray unit to which the recording medium having a non-defective image output thereon is discharged; and wherein at least one of the image forming apparatus, the image inspection device, and the discharge device comprises a discharging unit configured to
discharge the recording medium to the defective recording medium discharge tray unit, when the read image is determined to have a defect, anddischarge the recording medium to the normal recording medium discharge tray unit, when the read image is determined to have no defect.