Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Daiki Sone

Norifumi Miyahara

Toru Nakayama

Kozo Tao

Naoki Takeuchi

Yasuhide Sato

Koji Minakuchi

Shinji Nakatsuka

Hiroki Takehana

Yuki Shimotsu

Rommel Custodio

An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of sheet feed devices, an image forming device, and a control device functioning as a controller. The image forming device performs image formation based on a print job or adjustment processing. In executing the adjustment processing, the controller selects, from among the plurality of sheet feed devices, the sheet feed device for adjustment processing about which attribute information meeting a necessary condition for executing the adjustment processing is previously set, allows the selected sheet feed device for adjustment processing to feed the recording paper sheet, and allows the image forming device to perform the adjustment processing. When, in executing the adjustment processing, the sheet feed device for adjustment processing is unable to feed the recording paper sheet, the controller allows a sheet feed device predetermined as an alternative sheet feed device for adjustment processing to feed the recording paper sheet.

Image forming apparatus capable of feeding recording paper sheet from alternative sheet feed device when unable to feed recording paper sheet from sheet feed device for adjustment processing

An image forming apparatus for a first purpose forms an image on a sheet, according to a sheet type. The image forming apparatus for the first purpose includes a conversion device and an image forming device. The conversion device converts second information for defining the sheet type in association with another image forming apparatus for a second purpose different from the first purpose, into third information of a same format as the first information for defining the sheet type in association with the image forming apparatus for the first purpose. The image forming device forms an image on the sheet P according to the third information, when the sheet P, the sheet type of which has been defined by the second information, is designated. The first information and the third information each define the sheet type more detailedly than the second information.

Image forming apparatus forming image on sheet according to sheet type

An image forming apparatus () includes an image forming section (), a plurality of recording paper trays (to), storage (), and a paper feed stage selecting section (). The image forming section () performs advanced printing based on a paper profile. The paper feed stage selecting section () selects a recording paper tray () from the recording paper trays (to) from which recording paper is to be fed to the image forming section () based on a printing instruction. When a specific paper profile is not associated with the selected recording paper tray (), the paper feed stage selecting section () notifies the image forming section () of a manual setting and causes the image forming section () to perform simple printing.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming device includes a storage device, firmware for the image forming device, and a prohibition control unit configured to execute control relating to prohibition in the image forming device. The firmware includes prohibition information indicating the prohibition, and the prohibition control unit holds use prohibition information indicating the prohibition to be used when executing the control relating to the prohibition in the image forming device. After the prohibition control unit sets the prohibition indicated in the prohibition information included in the firmware into the use prohibition information, when a setting file indicating the prohibition to be set in the image forming device is stored in the storage device, the prohibition control unit updates the use prohibition information with the prohibition indicated in the setting file on the storage device.

Electronic device capable of customizing prohibition content and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing program for the electronic device

An image forming apparatus includes a controller circuitry configured to control the ink-jet module to form a density adjustive image pattern on one of the multiple sheets, detect a jam during continuous feeding, and then determine whether or not images, which are to be formed on one or more fed-and-unejected sheets, include the density adjustive image pattern, where the images include the density adjustive image pattern, determine whether or not the unejected sheet, on which the density adjustive image pattern is to be formed, has passed through a certain position of the sheet conveyer path, and control the ink-jet module, where the unejected sheet, on which the density adjustive image pattern is to be formed, has passed through the certain position, not to re-form the density adjustive image pattern and to re-form images on rest of the unejected sheets.

Image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores image forming program

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a case section, a conveyance section, a controller, an acquiring section, and storage. The controller controls the image forming section and the conveyance section according to mechanical settings information corresponding to a type of the sheet. The acquiring section acquires an identification image for identifying the type of the sheet. The storage stores therein mechanical-settings-information candidates and registered images associated with the mechanical-settings-information candidates. The controller determines whether or not a matching image exists when a sheet is loaded in the case section. Here, the matching image is a registered image matching the identification image of the registered images. The controller adjusts mechanical settings information based on a mechanical-settings-information candidate associated with the matching image of the mechanical-settings-information candidates when determining that the matching image exists.

Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of output trays; a storage device that stores a table, each of the plurality of output trays and a combination of a plurality of attributes of sheets-allowed-to-be-output being registered in association with each other in the table; and a controller that receives a print request, the print request including a plurality of attributes of a sheet-to-be-printed, determines whether or not a combination of the plurality of attributes included in the print request is registered in the table, if determining that the combination is not registered in the table, selects an output tray as a tray-to-catch-output-sheet with reference to the table, at least one attribute included in the print request being registered in association with the output tray selected, and if determining that none of the plurality of attributes included in the print request is registered in the table, selects no tray-to-catch-output-sheet.

Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Provided is an image forming apparatus avoiding possibility of sheet jam occurrence, and also maintains convenience for user. The apparatus is provided with plural stages detachably loaded therein, having a common carrying passage carrying a sheet from a lower stage, a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet stored in stage, and plural searching patterns varying in priority levels in stage searching, and includes a stage searching part that, every time feeding from stage is performed, performs stage searching based on any one of the searching patterns, and a system control part that notifies stage searching part of detection result by sensor and stage specified as default, stage searching part selecting pattern according to detection result and default to perform stage searching, and system control part performing stage changeover based on priority levels in stage searching in pattern selected.

Image forming apparatus that changes over paper feeding stages

Provided is an image forming apparatus preventing lowering of continuous printing performance; including plural paper feeding stages in main body; a residual paper quantity detection sensor; a printer part printing on paper; a paper feeding stage searching part functioning every time paper feeding is made; a paper feeding stage selection part determining existence of paper feeding capable stage, on result by paper feeding stage searching part, and selecting a paper feeding stage; a system control part performing stage changeover according to selection result by paper feeding stage selection part; when there exists no paper feeding capable stage, paper feeding stage selection part notifying system control part of it, and when there exists paper feeding capable stage, paper feeding stage selection part altering priority levels in stage searching on detection result by residual paper quantity detection sensor, and number of sheets required for printing, selecting paper feeding stage.

Provided is an image-forming device that improves convenience for a user. The image-forming device includes a plurality of power-supply stages, remaining paper amount detection sensors, and a system control unit. A remaining paper amount detection sensor detects the remaining paper amount in a paper-supply stage. When the remaining paper amount that is detected by the remaining paper amount detection sensor is less than a fixed value, the system control unit sets the paper-supply stage having a paper amount that is less than the fixed value as a FAX use only paper-supply stage.

Image-forming device having a plurality of paper-supply stages

An image forming apparatus can exchange a sound reduction mode and a normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes a sound reduction sheet feed cassette, a normal sheet feed cassette, a sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller, and a normal sheet feed cassette roller. The sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller and the normal sheet feed cassette roller can exchange rotation speed to a slower speed than a normal paper feeding speed, In the sound reduction mode, the image forming apparatus performs one of a noise reduction high performance mode and a noise reduction low performance mode. In the normal mode, the image forming apparatus performs a high performance mode.

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