Patent · US Expired

Copy production machines

US4213694A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1977
Grant dateJul 22, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 31, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/50
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Copy production machine having a print mode for making copies under automatic control interruptible by a copy mode, of making copies. In the print mode images to be copied are automatically supplied to a copy production portion. In the print mode, images are preferably precollated, whereas in the copy mode, produced copies are collated from plural image sources. The first set of each print job is printed one sheet at a time ad seriatum; in subsequent sets all first sides are printed, then all second sides. The first set printing is interleaved with image signal reception and in all subsequent sets, all image signals for the sets or production portion of a set have been received.

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