Image forming apparatus, sheet containing device, sheet inserting device, book-binding system, and sheet processing apparatus
US7296791B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2551/20
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing input errors and eliminating the necessity of complicated input operations in making settings for a sheet mixing operation in which color image output sheets and black-and-white image output sheets are mixed into one group. A stacker tray stores sheets with color images formed thereon by a color MFP and is equipped with a storage device, into and from which information relating to the sheets can be written and read. A black-and-white MFP operates in response to attachment of the stacker tray to an inserter attached to the black-and-white MFP, to execute an image formation job by providing control such that the sheets with color images formed thereon stored in the stacker tray and sheets with black-and-white images formed thereon by the black-and-white MFP are mixed according to the information stored in the storage device of the stacker tray.
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