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Patent No.:

US 9415967 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2015

Post-processing device and image forming apparatus with normal mode post process and high-speed mode post process

Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hitoshi Wakide, Toyokawa, JP;

Assignee:

KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC

Primary Examiner:

Douglas Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01); B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 39/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/36 (2013.01); B65H 31/26 (2013.01); B65H 37/00 (2013.01); B65H 39/00 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/0032 (2013.01); H04N 1/0066 (2013.01); H04N 1/00591 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01); G06K 15/404 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0082 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A post-processing device for applying a post-process to one or more sheets outputted by a device of a preceding stage, a printer for example, is provided. The post-processing device includes: an alignment mechanism for applying an alignment process for arranging a current sheet bundle; an output mechanism for outputting the current sheet bundle; a prestacking mechanism; and a control unit. The control unit performs a control in such a manner that at least a part of operation of the alignment mechanism or of operation of the output mechanism is switched from a normal operation mode for operation at a normal operation speed to a high-speed operation mode for operation at an operation speed greater than the normal operation speed when a time to completely output the current sheet bundle is later than a time to completely perform prestacking the next sheet bundle.

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