发明名称 |
Image forming apparatus with highly operable sheet discharge device |
摘要 |
An image forming system includes a digital copy machine to form an image on a group of sheets from an image of a group of documents, and a staple sorter sorting and discharging copied sheets from the digital copy machine. According to the staple sorter, control is provided so that a sheet of a long left period of time is transported from the bin to a nonsort tray when all of a plurality of bins provided in the staple sorter are used during a print operation. The left time of a sheet is monitored even when a print operation is not carried out. When the left time exceeds a predetermined time, control is provided so that the sheet left in the bin is transferred to the nonsort tray. As a result, a sheet discharge device is provided improved in operability of sheet discharge.
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申请公布号 |
US2001040332(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.11.15 |
申请号 |
US20010899217 |
申请日期 |
2001.07.06 |
申请人 |
YOSHIDA AKINORI;TAKEMOTO MOTOMI;NAITO KOJI;IKEDA HIROAKI |
发明人 |
YOSHIDA AKINORI;TAKEMOTO MOTOMI;NAITO KOJI;IKEDA HIROAKI |
分类号 |
B65H39/10;G03G15/00;(IPC1-7):B65H39/00 |
主分类号 |
B65H39/10 |
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