Image forming system and apparatus with different printing modes for different numbers of printing sheets
US8509645B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00949
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In the image forming apparatus, throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number. For printing on small size sheets, the system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode and in a high speed small size sheet output mode, in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than that in the normal small size sheet mode and, after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period. The host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by the mode selector to the image forming apparatus.
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