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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Hideharu Yoneoka, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stencil printer system includes a stencil printer unit. The printer unit is provided with a master making system which makes a stencil master on the basis of an image read out from an original, a printing system which makes copies of the original by transferring ink to printing sheets through the stencil master, an original conveyor which conveys originals placed in a predetermined position to the master making system one by one, and an original detector which detects whether an original exists in the predetermined position. A post handling unit including a sorter and a stapler is connected to the printer unit. A first mode setting key is manually operable to set the printer unit to a continuous printing mode in which the printer unit repeats making a master and printing copies of the original so long as the original detector detects existence of an original in the predetermined position. A second mode setting key is manually operable to set the post handling unit to one of a stapling mode and a non-stapling mode. The first mode setting is caused to set the printer unit to the continuous printing mode when the second mode setting key is operated to set the post handling unit to the stapling mode.