JP2005354742A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2005354742A5
Application number: JP2005235191A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-08-15
Publication date: 2007-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 2022-08-19

Claims

Image reading means for reading an image of an original, image data storage means for storing image data read by the means, and image data input from the image reading means or image data stored in the image data storage means An image forming apparatus having a means for forming an image on a sheet and a communication means for communicating image data and data for controlling an image forming operation.
The image forming operation of each image forming apparatus constituting the image forming apparatus group including the image forming apparatus and another image forming apparatus connected to the communication unit via the communication line is set to have different image formation start timings. Provided with output timing control means to control ,
An image characterized in that the output timing control means is provided with means for transmitting a timing control signal including delay information indicating a delay time of the image formation start timing to each image forming apparatus that delays the image formation start timing. Forming equipment.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
An automatic document feeder that sequentially feeds a plurality of documents placed on the document table to the image reading unit one by one;
Detecting means for detecting that a document is placed on the means;
An image forming apparatus comprising: means for operating the output timing control means when the detection means detects the placement of a document.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
Means for arbitrarily setting the delay information;
An image forming apparatus, wherein the output timing control means outputs a timing control signal including delay information set by the means.

The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An image forming apparatus comprising: means for delaying an image formation start timing according to the delay information included in the timing control signal received via the communication line.

The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
An image forming apparatus comprising: means for storing the delay information included in the timing control signal received via the communication line.

Image reading means for reading an image of a document, image data storage means for storing image data read by the means, and image data input from the image reading means or image data stored in the image data storage means An image forming system having a configuration in which an image forming apparatus having a means for forming an image on a sheet and a communication means for communicating image data and data for controlling an image forming operation is connected via a communication line. ,
At least one of the image forming apparatuses constituting the image forming system is provided with output timing control means for controlling the image forming operation of each of the image forming apparatuses so that the respective image formation start timings are different,
An image characterized in that the output timing control means is provided with means for transmitting a timing control signal including delay information indicating a delay time of the image formation start timing to each image forming apparatus that delays the image formation start timing. Forming system.

The image forming system according to claim 6,
An image forming apparatus having the output timing control unit includes an automatic document feeding unit that sequentially feeds a plurality of documents placed on a document table to the image reading unit one by one, and the document is placed on the unit. An image forming system comprising: a detecting unit that detects that the output has been performed; and a unit that operates the output timing control unit when the detecting unit detects placement of a document.

The image forming system according to claim 6 or 7,
An image characterized in that at least one of the image forming apparatuses having the output timing control means has a master unit setting unit for setting the image forming apparatus as a master unit for controlling an image forming operation of another image forming apparatus. Forming system.

The image forming system according to claim 8,
One of the image forming apparatuses having the output timing control unit is set as a master unit by the master unit setting unit, and the image forming apparatus other than the image forming apparatus set as the master unit is set as a slave unit. The image forming apparatus set as the master unit outputs a timing control signal including delay information indicating a delay time of the image formation start timing of the image forming apparatus set as the slave unit. Forming system.

The image forming system according to claim 8,
The image forming apparatus set in the master unit has means for arbitrarily setting the delay information, and outputs a timing control signal including the delay information set by the means. .

The image forming system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein
The image forming apparatus set as the slave unit delays the image formation start timing in accordance with the delay information included in the timing control signal output from the image forming apparatus set as the master unit. An image forming system.

The image forming system according to claim 11,
The image forming apparatus set in the slave unit includes means for storing the delay information.

Image reading means for reading an image of a document, image data storage means for storing image data read by the means, and image data input from the image reading means or image data stored in the image data storage means Then, an image forming apparatus having a means for forming an image on a sheet and a communication means for communicating image data and data for controlling an image forming operation is connected via a communication line, and the image of each image forming apparatus is connected. An image forming operation control method for controlling a forming operation,
Each of the image forming apparatuses transmits a timing control signal including delay information indicating a delay time of the image forming start timing to each of the image forming apparatuses that delays the image forming start timing. A control method for an image forming operation, wherein the image forming operation of each of the image forming apparatuses is controlled so that the image forming start timing of the image forming operation differs.

The image forming operation control method according to claim 13,
An image forming apparatus that outputs the timing control signal is set as a master unit, an image forming apparatus other than the image forming apparatus set as the master unit is set as a slave unit, and the image forming apparatus set as the slave unit The timing control signal including the delay information indicating the delay time of the image formation start timing is output from the image forming apparatus set in the master unit to the image forming apparatus set in the slave unit, and is sent to the slave unit An image forming operation control method, comprising: controlling an image forming operation of a set image forming apparatus.

The image forming operation control method according to claim 14,
The delay information included in the timing control signal output from the image forming apparatus set as the master unit is arbitrarily set, and the timing control signal including the set delay information is set in the image forming apparatus set as the slave unit. An image forming operation control method, comprising: outputting and controlling an image forming operation of an image forming apparatus set in the slave unit.