Image forming apparatus for copying different groups of document
US5839019A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00582
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which includes a document transporting device for sequentially transporting a group of original documents to a predetermined position on a document platen one by one. The group of original documents includes main body pages and partition pages which have a dimension different from the dimension of the main body pages. The image forming apparatus also includes an image forming device for forming an image of each of the original documents on a respective copy sheet in synchronization with an operation of the document transportation device. Sheet supplying means which have a plurality of supply portions and which feed copy sheets one at a time from the supply portions to the image forming device are also included. The image forming apparatus includes a detection device for detecting the dimension of each of the original documents while the original document is being transported to the predetermined position, and a control device for controlling the sheet supplying device in accordance with a detection of the detection device so as to supply a copy sheet for the partition pages from a supply portion different from a supply portion for the main body pages.
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