JPH11109696A - Image recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute copying even on plain paper in an OHP interleaving function. SOLUTION: In the case of a sort mode, a interleaf 51 is ejected to a 1st bin first. Then, an OHP paper is fed and a 1st original is copied on it. Then, the copy of the 1st original is ejected to the 1st bin (61 ). Then, only the set number of the 1st originals is copied on plain paper and the copied plain paper is ejected (71 ) while successively elevating the bin to a 2nd and subsequent bins. Then, only the set number of 2nd originals is copied on the plain paper first and the copy of the 2nd original is ejected (72 ) while successively lowering the bin. Then, a interleaf 52 and an OHP paper 62 are ejected to the 1st bin. The above-mentioned actions are executed with respect to all the originals. In the case of a stacking mode, only the set number of the plain paper copies of the first originals is ejected to the 1st bin (71 ) and the interleaf (51 ) and the OHP paper (61 ) are continuously ejected to the 1st bin. Then, this action is repeatedly executed as many as the number of the originals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus such as a copying machine and a printer, and more particularly to an image recording apparatus having a function of recording an original image on an OHP sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a copying machine having an OHP interleaving function for copying an image of a document onto OHP paper. According to this, first, an interleaving paper is conveyed and discharged without any copying. Then, the OHP sheet is conveyed, the image of the document is copied, and the sheet is ejected on the previously ejected slip sheet.

[0003]

Documents to be copied to the OHP are often distributed as materials at meetings and the like. Therefore, using the OHP interleaving function,
It is desirable that the necessary number of copies can be made on plain paper when copying on HP paper. However, the conventional OHP interleaving function cannot meet such a demand.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and it is possible to copy an image of an original onto OHP paper and also to copy an image of the same original onto plain paper. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus, comprising: a plurality of paper discharge bins; and a specific one of the plurality of paper discharge bins. Control means for alternately discharging the interleaved OHP sheet and the plain paper on which the same image as the image recorded on the OHP sheet is discharged to another bin. Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus comprising: a sorter having a plurality of bins; an interleaf function selecting means for selecting an OHP interleaf function; a copy number setting means for setting the number of copies for plain paper; When the OHP slip function is selected by the start button instructing the start of the operation and the slip sheet function selecting means and the start button is pressed,
Control means for sequentially discharging the OHP paper and the interleaf sheet on which the original has been copied, and controlling to sequentially discharge the copies on plain paper by the number set by the copy number setting means for the bins of the sorter. It is characterized by having.

[0007]

According to the image recording apparatus of the first aspect, since the OHP paper and the interleaf on which the image is recorded are alternately discharged to a specific bin, OHP interleaving can be performed. The plain paper on which the same image is recorded as the image recorded on the OHP paper is discharged to another bin different from the bin of the OHP paper. Therefore, when the OHP paper is created, it is simultaneously used as a conference material. A desired number of copies can be made, and the working efficiency can be greatly improved. Further, since the OHP interleaving paper and the image recording for the set number of sheets on plain paper can be executed in one job, the working efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the related art.

According to the image recording apparatus of the present invention, when the OHP interleaving function is selected and the start button is pressed, the OHP paper on which the original is copied and the interleaving paper are sequentially discharged and Since the number of copies set on the sorter bin by the number of copies setting unit is sequentially discharged onto the plain paper, OHP interleaving can be performed, and the same image as the image recorded on the OHP paper can be output. The recorded plain paper is discharged to the sorter bin by the set number, so that when the OHP paper is created, a copy used as a conference material can be created at the same time, thereby greatly improving work efficiency. . Further, since the OHP interleaving paper and the image recording for the set number of sheets on plain paper can be executed in one job, the working efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the related art.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an image recording apparatus according to the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes an OHP interleaf function standby control (hereinafter simply referred to as standby control), and 2 denotes an OHP interleaf function print. Control (hereinafter, simply referred to as print control) and 3 indicates OHP slip sheet function sorter control (hereinafter, simply referred to as sorter control).

The standby control 1 includes information indicating that the OHP interleaving function is selected, tray information for specifying a tray for storing sheets for interleaving and sheets for copying,
MSI (multi-sheet inserter) for storing HP paper
, Such as receiving the MSI information specifying the OHP interleaf function, the presence of paper in the designated tray, the presence of paper in the MSI, etc.
When it is confirmed that the conditions for executing the P-insertion function are satisfied, a ready signal is sent to the print control 2.

The print control 2 receives the ready signal from the standby control 1, the set number of copies for plain paper, and the sorter mode. When receiving the information that the start button has been pressed, the print control 2 performs the paper feed process and the copy process. In addition,
Since the copy processing is well known, the description is omitted.

The sorter control 3 receives feed information indicating what kind of paper has been fed from the print control 2 and controls the movement of a bin of a predetermined sorter. Here, the bins of the sorter are controlled so as to go up sequentially from one bin to the last n bins, and then go down in order of (n-1) bins, (n-2) bins, and so on. I do. Since the drive mechanism of the sorter is well known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The sorter is provided with a sort mode and a stack mode. According to the present invention, the sorter has a mode shown in FIG. 8A in the sort mode, and a mode shown in FIG. B in the stack mode. I do. That is,
In FIG. 8, reference numeral 5 denotes a slip sheet, reference numeral 6 denotes a copy of OHP paper, reference numeral 7 denotes a copy of plain paper, and subscripts 1, 2,..., N indicate the number of originals. and feeding the slip sheet 5 ₁ from the specified tray as it is discharged, and then feed the OHP sheet from MSI, the 1
The image of the first document is copied and discharged to one bin. This is indicative of 6 _1. Next, plain paper is fed from the designated tray to copy the image of the first document,
Drain into bottle. This illustrates in 7 _1. Less than,
This operation is repeated for the set number of sheets. Therefore, in the sort mode, the set number is (n-1). Now, assuming that the sorter has 10 bins and the set number is 9, the above operation is repeated to copy the image of the first document onto plain paper as shown in FIG. 8A. Done up to the bin. This completes the copying of the first document. Next, move to a copy of the second document, first copy on plain paper in this case is performed while sequentially lowering the bottle to 2 bottles from 10 bottles, whereby the 7 ₂ each bin of Figure 1 It is ejected one by one. And 1 as shown in Figure 5 ₂ becomes the bottle, slip sheet from the designated tray is discharged as it is fed, then OHP sheet is fed from the MSI, the image of the second document is copied It is discharged as shown in 6 _2. The above operation is repeated for the third and subsequent documents.

[0014] In the case of the stack mode is to copy only set number of images of the first original is first feeding plain paper from the specified tray 1 bottle as indicated by ₇₁ in FIG. 8B Then, plain paper is fed from the same tray, and is directly discharged to one bin. This is the interleaving paper 5 _1. Finally feeds the OHP sheet from MSI, discharged to one bin as shown by copying the image of the first document in 6 ₁ of FIG. This completes the copying of the first document. In copying the second and subsequent documents, the above operation is repeated while sequentially raising the bin. This stack mode is particularly effective when the number of copies on plain paper differs for each document.

The above-described sheet feed control and sorter bin movement control are performed by the print control 3 and the sorter control 3, respectively. Hereinafter, specific processing in each of the sort mode and the stack mode will be described. .

First, the processing in the sort mode is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of the print control 2 in the sort mode, FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing specific processes of steps S2 and S3 in FIG. 2, respectively, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the sorter control 3 in the sorter mode. It is a flowchart which shows a process.

When the start button is pressed and the start of copying is instructed, it is determined whether or not the bin is in one bin (step S1). If not, the process of step S3 is performed. Since the bin is in one bin in the initial state, the process of step S2 is performed. In step S2, as shown in FIG. 3, first, plain paper for interleaf paper is fed from the designated tray and discharged directly to one bin (step S10). This feed information is sent to sorter control 3. The sorter control 3 determines from the feed information what kind of sheet the currently fed sheet is (step S30). In this case, since it is interleaf paper, it stands by without performing any processing.

When it is determined in step S11 that the slip sheet has passed the registration gate sensor, the print control 2 sets the tray to M
The image is changed to SI (step S12), the OHP sheet is fed, the image of the first document is copied, and the image is discharged to one bin (step S13). At this time, since the feed information indicating that the OHP sheet has been fed is sent to the sorter control 3, the sorter control 3 branches from step S30 to S36 to determine the moving direction of the bin. In this case, since the bin is located at one bin, the bin is in the upward direction. Therefore, the sorter control 3 raises the bin by one in step S37. This gives 2
The bin is set.

If it is determined in step S14 that the OHP sheet copied in step S14 has passed through the registration sensor, the print control 2 changes the tray to the designated tray again (step S15), and feeds plain paper to the first sheet. Is copied and discharged (step S16). At this time, since two bins are set, the copy of the plain paper is discharged to two bins.

The sorter control 3 determines that the normal copy has been performed based on the feed information, and branches from step S30 to S31 to determine the moving direction of the bin. In this case, since the bin is in the upward direction, the bin is raised by one in step S32. Thereby, three bins are set. The above operation is repeated for the set number of sheets, and the copy processing of the first document is completed.

When the set number of copies on plain paper is completed, the print control 2 ends the processing shown in FIG. 3, but when the set number of copies is completed, the sorter control 3 branches from step S34 to S35 to move the bin. Change direction and wait for the next feed information.

Next, copying of the second document is started. At this time, the bin is (bin number of set number + 1), for example, when there are nine set number of sheets, there are 10 bins. Determines in step S1 that the bin is not one bin, and performs the process of step S3. In the process of step S3, as shown in FIG. 4, first, plain paper is fed from the designated tray, and the image of the second document is copied and discharged (step S20). Obviously, this copy of plain paper is the same bin as the bin from which the last copy of the first document was ejected. At this time, the sorter control 3 recognizes that the plain paper has been fed from the feed information, and determines the moving direction of the bin in step S31. In this case, since the bin is in the downward direction, step S3
3. Lower the bin by one. Thus, when the set number is nine, nine bins are set. The above operation is repeated for the set number of times.

When the set number of copies is made on plain paper, the print control 2 feeds the slip sheet from the designated tray and discharges it as it is (step S22). At this time, since the bin is one bin, it is obvious that the slip sheet is discharged to one bin. The sorter control 3 receives the feed information of the slip sheet, but waits until receiving the next feed information without doing anything in step S30. Therefore, at this time, the bin keeps the state of one bin.

When the print control 2 determines that the slip sheet has passed through the registration gate sensor (step S2).
3) Change the tray to MSI (step S24),
The HP sheet is fed to copy and discharge the second document (step S25). Obviously, this OHP sheet is discharged to one bin. At this time, sorter control 3
Recognizes that the OHP sheet has been fed, changes the moving direction of the bin in step S38, and waits for the next feed information.

By performing the above-described processing for all the originals, the copy shown in FIG. 8A can be performed. When the automatic document feeder (ADF) is used, it is obvious that the process automatically returns to step S1 by steps S4 and S5.

Next, the processing in the stack mode will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the print control 2 in the stack mode, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing of the sorter control 3 in the stack mode.

The print control 2 first feeds plain paper from the designated tray, copies the image of the first document, and discharges it (step S40). This process is repeated for the set number of sheets (step S41). Since the bins are in one bin in the initial state, it is clear that all of these copies of plain paper are output in one bin. At this time, the feed information is sent to the sorter control 3 every time copying is performed, but the sorter control 3 does not recognize that the OHP sheet has been fed, and does not perform any processing.

When a predetermined number of copies are made on plain paper,
The print control 2 feeds the slip sheet from the next designated tray and discharges it as it is (step S42). Naturally, this slip sheet is discharged to one bin.

When the print control 2 recognizes that the slip sheet has passed the registration gate sensor (step S4).
3) Change the tray to MSI (step S44),
The HP paper is fed, and the image of the first document is copied and discharged (step S45). This OHP sheet is also discharged to one bin. This completes the copying of the first document. At this time, the sorter control 3 recognizes that the OHP sheet has been fed based on the feed information, and determines the moving direction of the bin (step S51). In this case 1
Since it is in the direction of going up from the bin, the next step S5
In step 2, it is determined whether the current bin is the last bin. If the current bin is the last bin, the moving direction of the bin is changed. In this case, the bin is not the last bin. Just raise. As a result, two bins are set, and all copies of the second document are discharged to two bins.

By performing the above operation for all the originals, the copy shown in FIG. 8B can be performed.

Steps S55 to S57 in FIG. 7 are performed when the number of originals is larger than the number of bins. When the number of bins is 10, the bins for the 11th and subsequent originals are sequentially lowered. Is discharged.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the bins of the sorter go up sequentially from one bin and become the last bin, and then move down sequentially from the last bin. Obviously, the present invention can be applied to such cases.

[0033]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the OHP sheet with the image recorded thereon is alternately discharged to a specific bin. Further, plain paper on which the same image as the image recorded on the OHP paper is discharged to another bin different from the specific bin, so that when creating the OHP paper, At the same time, a desired number of copies to be used as conference materials can be made, and work efficiency can be greatly improved. Further, since the OHP interleaving paper and the image recording for the set number of sheets on plain paper can be executed in one job, the working efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the related art.

According to the image recording apparatus of the present invention, when the OHP interleaving function is selected and the start button is pressed, the OHP paper on which the original is copied and the interleaving paper are sequentially discharged, and Since the number of copies set on the sorter bin by the number of copies setting unit is sequentially discharged onto the plain paper, OHP interleaving can be performed, and the same image as the image recorded on the OHP paper can be output. The recorded plain paper is discharged to the sorter bin by the set number, so that when the OHP paper is created, a copy used as a conference material can be created at the same time, thereby greatly improving work efficiency. . Further, since the OHP interleaving paper and the image recording for the set number of sheets on plain paper can be executed in one job, the working efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the related art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an image recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing in a sort mode.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a specific process of step S2 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a specific process of step S3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a sorter control process in a sorter mode.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing of print control 2 in a stack mode.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sorter control 3 in a stack mode.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a copy mode according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. OHP interleaf function standby control, 2. OHP interleaf function print control, 3. OHP interleaf function sorter control.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of paper discharge bins, an OHP paper image-recorded to a specific bin among the plurality of paper discharge bins, and an interleaving paper are alternately discharged, and the OHP paper is discharged to another bin. An image recording apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control to discharge plain paper on which the same image as the image recorded on the sheet is recorded. 2. A sorter having a plurality of bins, an interleaf function selecting means for selecting an OHP interleaf function, a copy number setting means for setting the number of copies for plain paper, and a start button for instructing the start of copying. When the OHP interleaving function is selected by the interleaving function selecting means and the start button is pressed, the OHP paper on which the original has been copied and the interleaving paper are sequentially discharged, and the copy is performed on the bin of the sorter. An image recording apparatus, comprising: control means for controlling to sequentially discharge copies on plain paper by the number set by the number setting means.