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Image forming system having sheet laminator

US11988986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2023
Grant dateMay 21, 2024
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00426
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a sheet laminator. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet being conveyed as an inner sheet. The sheet laminator performs a sheet laminating operation on a two-ply sheet in which the sheet conveyed from the image forming apparatus is inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The sheet laminator includes a heater and circuitry. The heater heats the two-ply sheet during the sheet laminating operation. The circuitry is to execute a control mode when a specific abnormal event occurs among a plurality of abnormal events that occurs in the image forming apparatus, where the control mode maintains heating by the heater of the sheet laminator for a predetermined time and interrupt the heating by the heater when an abnormal event other than the specific abnormal event occurs.

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