Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Akihiro Sato

Akihiro Shimizu

Hideki Kushida

Daisaku Kamiya

Tomokazu Nakamura

Katsuhito Kato

Katsuaki Hirai

Tatsuya Goto

Hiroaki Takagishi

Wataru Kawata

Toshiro Tomono

Toshihiko Kitahara

Hyoe Iwata

Yasuhiro Saito

Rie Aizawa

An image forming system including: an image reading portion which reads an image of an original; an image forming portion which forms the image on a sheet based on image information read by the image reading portion; and a storing device which stores the original before the image is read, the original after the image is read, and the sheet on which the image has been formed based on the image information, wherein the storing device is detachable from the image forming system.

Image forming system and image reading apparatus

A sheet processing system comprises a plurality of sheet processing devices, a primary sheet conveyance path, a secondary sheet conveyance path, and a controller which controls the sheet processing devices. The controller uses the primary sheet conveyance path to execute one job, and uses the secondary sheet conveyance path to execute another job in parallel with that one job.

Sheet processing system

Image forming system including at least one image forming apparatus for forming images on sheets on the basis of image data. At least one temporary containing apparatus is disposed downstream of the image forming apparatus for temporarily containing therein the sheets on which the images have been formed. A separating and conveying apparatus separates and conveys the sheets contained in the temporary containing apparatus one by one. A sheet post-processing apparatus conveys the sheets conveyed by the separating and conveying apparatus and the sheets on which the images have been formed by the image forming apparatus and which bypass the temporary containing apparatus in an arbitrary order, in order to effect a set post-process on the conveyed sheets.

Image forming system, image forming method and image forming apparatus

An object of this invention is to provide a sheet processing apparatus capable of cutting a sheet and recording information on the back surface of the sheet without enlarging the size of the apparatus and dropping productivity. The sheet processing apparatus which executes a predetermined processing on a sheet in which an image is recorded includes: a cutter for cutting a sheet; and a print unit for recording an information about recording to the front surface the sheet on the back surface of the sheet, wherein an action of cutting the sheet with the cutter and an action of recording on the back surface of the sheet with the print unit are executed in parallel.

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

A sheet-processing system can perform a plurality of jobs in parallel. While processand processare being processed simultaneously, a job display screen is segmented into two such that segmented job display screens for processand processare simultaneously displayed in a touch panel display frame of an operation display. Accordingly, the operation display in the sheet-processing system exhibits good visibility.

Sheet-processing system

An image forming apparatus has an image reading portion for reading an image of an original and which is disposed in an upper part of the apparatus, an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet and which is disposed below the image reading portion with a space portion between the image reading portion and the image forming portion, and a sheet delivery portion disposed in the space portion. There is a taper formed on an edge portion of a bottom of the image reading portion defining the space portion so that a sheet treating apparatus for performing treatment such as sorting, alignment, or stapling of sheets on which the images are formed, is mounted in the space portion.

Sheet treating apparatus, method of mounting sheet treating apparatus, and image forming apparatus

A sheet-processing system can perform a plurality of jobs in parallel. While process 1 and process 2 are being processed simultaneously, a job display screen is segmented into two such that segmented job display screens for process 1 and process 2 are simultaneously displayed in a touch panel display frame of an operation display. Accordingly, the operation display in the sheet-processing system exhibits good visibility.

A sheet treating apparatus is mountable in a space portion of an image forming apparatus including an image-forming portion for forming an image on a sheet and an image-reading portion for reading an image of an original. The image-reading portion is disposed above the image-forming portion. The sheet is delivered in the space portion formed between the image-forming portion and the image-reading portion. The sheet treating apparatus includes a connection path unit to be connected with a sheet delivery path for delivering the sheet from the image-forming portion, which connection path unit is mounted in the space portion from the outside of a side surface of the main body of the image forming apparatus, and a sheet-treating unit for performing a treatment of the sheet transported from the connection path unit, which sheet-treating unit is mounted in the space portion from the front side of the main body of the image forming apparatus.

To provide an image forming apparatus capable of discharging sheets without involving any change in page order without having to provide a sheet reversing path anew. An image forming apparatus is provided, in which an image is formed on a sheet by an image forming portion and the sheet is discharged, the apparatus including a main body portion, a first discharging unit capable of normal and reverse rotation and adapted to discharge the sheet with the image formed thereon to a first discharging portion provided on one side of the main body portion, a second discharging unit adapted to discharge the sheet with the image formed thereon to a second discharging portion provided on the other side of the main body portion, a first sheet conveyance route for conveying the sheet with the image formed thereon toward the first discharging unit, and a second sheet conveyance route for conveying the sheet with the image formed thereon toward the second discharging unit, in which a sheet discharging direction control unit is provided, which, when discharging the sheet to the second discharging portion, causes the sheet with the image formed thereon to be conveyed toward the first sheet conveyance route, and then reverses the first discharging unit to convey the sheet toward the second sheet conveyance route.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akihiro Sato