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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at providing a method of controlling a post-processor connected with an image-forming device that utilizes a conventional image-forming device and post-processing unit, and does not necessarily require to consistently form a sag in continuous paper. The inventive method of controlling the post-processor is carried out by the image-forming device that includes a transfer part and a fixing part, and conveys continuous paper. The image-forming device is connected with the post-processor that processed the continuous paper on which an image has been formed. The method comprises the steps of initiating an electrophotographic image-forming operation in the transfer part and the fixing part so that the image-forming device forms an image onto and conveys the continuous paper, initiating an operation of the post-processor so that the post-processor post-processes and conveys the continuous paper, stopping the operation of the post-processor on or before a completion of a transfer by the transfer part onto the continuous paper, conveying to the fixing part the continuous paper onto which the fixing part has finished transferring, and conveying to the transfer part the continuous paper onto which the fixing part finishes a fixation.