Image forming system with control of executing an image combine function
US5995712A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0082
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming system with an image combine function. A copy function controller and an expanded function controller are provided. The copy function controller controls a copy process in which an image reading device reads document images and an image forming device forms images on recording paper sheets according to the images read by the image reading device by commands from the operation device. The expanded function controller controls an expanded function that uses at least one of the image reading device and the image forming device. The copy function controller has a combine copy function in which plural documents read by the image reading device are combined and formed on one recording paper sheet. The combine copy function is executed until after at least reading of all the document image data has been completed, even if a change command from the combine copy function to an expanded function is sent from the operation device while the combine copy function is executed.
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