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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Okamoto, Hino, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Futami, Hachioji, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Hidaka, JP;
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Okamoto, Hino, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Futami, Hachioji, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Hidaka, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a serial tandem image forming system having a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a double-side printing job can be performed in a way according to the needs of users by taking into consideration an adjustment operation. The serial tandem image forming system includes an upstream apparatusand a downstream apparatus, as the image forming apparatuses, each of which is capable of forming images on both sides of a sheet. When receiving a double-side printing job while one of the image forming apparatuses is performing the adjustment operation, a control unitdisplays information on a manipulation displaywhich prompts a user to select whether to immediately start the job by performing a single machine double-side printing process with the other image forming apparatus, or start the job by shifting to a tandem mode and performing a serial double-side printing process after the adjustment operation has finished.