Image forming apparatus having paper size discrimination and stapling control
US6308041A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00827
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus checks the paper size of input documents images one by one, and cancels the stapling process when the documents have different widths in the main scanning direction. When the documents have the same width in the main scanning direction, the maximum number of the documents that can be stapled is set to be the value which is set when the documents have different sizes. Therefore, even if it is not preliminary known whether the documents have the different sizes, the appropriate stapling operation can be executed, the received document images can be sequentially printed, and processing can be improved.
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