JPH02116871A - Editing and copying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent misoperation by carrying documents whose editing areas are already specified in a document storage part from an editing area setting part and storing them in the stacked state. CONSTITUTION:When the setting of an editing area is finished, a document Q is fallen on a broken-line position, drawn out on a document tablet, and carried out slantingly upward along conveyor rollers 6 and 6a, guide plates 7a and 7b, conveyor roller 8a and 8b, and a guide plate which are arranged on the prolongation. The conveyor rollers 8a and 8b reverse when the time required to let the tail end of the document Q fall on a guide plate 7c after sensors S and S1 detect the head end of the document Q elapses, and thus the document Q is fed reversely and carried in the document tray 11 while turned over by a guide plate 7d and a U-turn roller 10, so that the document is stacked on leading documents Q. Consequently, the editing areas of many documents can be set efficiently without any misoperation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an editing/copying apparatus having an editing function for copying necessary portions of a manuscript.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, various copying devices equipped with this type of editing function have been proposed, but for example, the copying device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 169880/1980 specifies an editing area for each manuscript on a manuscript tablet, and then finishes the specification. The operator sequentially exchanges the documents with the next document and makes a designation, and when the designation for all the documents is completed, all the documents are piled up and stored in the document tray, and copying is started.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in such a conventional apparatus, an operator manually performs the work of exchanging each document and furthermore the work of storing the document in the document tray, which has the problem of being prone to operational errors by the operator.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to automatically carry documents sequentially from the document tablet into the document storage section and to store them in a stacked state in the document storage section. To provide a copying and editing device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The editing/copying apparatus according to the present invention is provided with means for sequentially carrying originals for which editing areas have been specified from an editing area setting section to a document storage section and storing them in a stacked state.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, each time the editing area setting for a plurality of originals is completed, the documents can be automatically carried into the original storage unit and stored in an overlapping state.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on drawings showing embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional structural view of a copying apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a manuscript tablet for specifying its editing area. In the figure, A is a manuscript processing system, and B is an image league unit. , C indicates an image forming section, and D indicates a copy paper processing system.

(Document processing system) The document processing system A includes an editing area setting section that sets an editing area for one or more documents, and a first conveyor that turns over the documents after setting the editing area and sequentially carries them into the document tray. The second transport section sequentially pulls out the originals in the original document tray onto a glass plate for copying, and sends out the originals from there to the original ejection tray.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the editing area setting section, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the arrangement of a document detection sensor for detecting the document position on the document tab left.

The editing area setting section is composed of a manuscript tablet 1 provided on the upper part of the frame 28 and a position setting pen 2 for specifying the editing area arranged on the upper part of the cover case 20. 1 and specify the editing area with the position setting pen 2.

The structure and input method of the manuscript tablet l are based on Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6
3-125959, and has a large number of resistance wires arranged at 111 intervals in the X-axis direction and the y-axis direction, and by pressing any point on the tablet with the position setting pen 2 to short-circuit. X of the pressed point.

The resistance value determined by the y coordinate is detected as a voltage value and D/
It is input to the CPUI via the A converter. One corner of the original tablet 1, that is, one corner on the right side in FIG. 1 and on the near side, is the original reference corner 1a. Two document detection sensors 3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b are arranged below the document tablet 1 along two sides lb and lc with a required distance from each other.

Each document detection sensor 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b is composed of a reflective photo sensor, etc., and among the document detection sensors, each document detection sensor 3a, 4a located near the document reference corner la is used to detect the The part is lb on each side, I
Each document detection sensor 3b, 4b is located inside along the document reference corner 1a and located far from the document reference corner 1a.
are arranged so that their detection parts are located outside along each side 1b, lc.

Therefore, when the two sides sandwiching one corner of the document Q are correctly positioned along the two sides lb and lc of the document tablet 1, the document detection sensors 3a and 4a of the document detection sensors detect this (turn on), and The document detection sensors 3b4b do not detect the document (off), and the document detection sensors 3a and 4a
, 3b, 4b are turned on and off with this combination, it is determined that the document Q is correctly positioned on the document tablet 11, and when other detection sensor combinations are turned on and off, In both cases, it is determined that the positioning of the document is defective.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when specifying an editing area on a manuscript using the position setting pen 2. For example, when specifying a simple rectangular area with four sides parallel to the four sides of the manuscript tablet, two corners of the rectangular area are specified. It is sufficient to press points a and b with the position setting pen 2, and in other areas, for example, in a triangular area, the three vertices c, d, and e may be sequentially pressed with the position specifying pen 2.

The 1st vi feeding section is composed of a conveyance path for conveying the document Q whose editing area has been set into the document tray 11, and a conveyance means arranged along this path, and the document tablet 1
A pickup roller 5 for pulling out the document Q diagonally upward in its extension direction from above, followed by a transport roller 6, 6 for moving the document Q diagonally upward while keeping it face up.
a, guide plate 7a.

7b, transport rollers 8a, 8b, guide plate 9, and guide plate 7c for transporting the original Q diagonally downward from the rear end and carrying it into the original tray 11 with the front and back reversed; 7d% Consists of U-turn rollers 10, etc.

The document pickup roller 5 is pivotally supported at the tip of an arm 5a with its base end as a fulcrum, and is equipped with a solenoid SLI at a standby position shown by a solid line and a position where it rolls into contact with the document Q shown by a broken line.
It is configured to be set selectively (dotted line position when on, solid line position when off).

FIGS. 5(A) and 5(B) are enlarged cross-sectional views of the first conveyance unit for the original Q. When the editing area for the original Q is set, it descends to the position indicated by the broken line, and the original Q is placed with the original surface on top. The conveying roller 6.6a is pulled out from above the document tablet 1 while it is still in place, and is disposed on an extension thereof.

The paper is conveyed obliquely upward along guide plates 7a, 7b, transport rollers 8a, 8b, and guide plate 9.

After the leading edge of the original Q is detected by the sensor SSl, - for a certain period of time, the trailing edge of the original Q moves from above the guide plate 7b to the guide plate 7c.
When the time elapses until it falls upward, the conveyor rollers 8a, 8
b rotates in the opposite direction, the document Q is reversely fed, and the document Q is carried into the document tray 11 with the front and back reversed by the guide plate 7d and the U-turn roller 10. The originals Q that are subsequently carried in are stacked one after another on the optical originals Q in the original tray 11. After a certain period of time after the trailing edge of the document passes the sensor SSI, that is, until the trailing edge of the document Q is located in the tray 11, the pick unroller 5 returns to the standby position shown by the solid line, and the document tablet 1
The next original can be positioned above and the editing area can be set.

The second conveyance section for the document Q is composed of a conveyance path for conveying the document Q in the document tray 11 to the document ejection tray 16 and a conveyance means arranged along this path. Pick up belt 12. Guide plate 7e
, 7f, t@ feed roller 6.6b, original glass plate 13
, a roller 14 is placed under the frame 28 facing the document glass plate 13.
Conveyor belt 14 and conveyor roller 1 stretched between a and 14b
5a, 15b, a document ejection tray 16, etc.

FIG. 5(C) shows the first page of the document processing system A. It is an explanatory view of the drive system of the conveyance means in each 2nd conveyance part. The motor M is connected to a belt Be for drive connection, a clutch +, K2. K
:1. K4. Each roller in the figure is driven via Ks and Kb. Here, the operations of each roller when each clutch is turned on are summarized in Table 1.

(Margin below) Table 1 In addition, the on/off of each clutch, ~Kb, solenoid SL, and motor M is controlled by CPt1l, which will be described later.

(The following is a margin.) FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of the document detection sensor for detecting the document position on the document glass plate 13. One corner of the original glass plate 13, that is, the right end side in FIG.
In addition, near the document reference corner 13a, which is the corner on the near side, two document detection sensors 17a are provided each along two sides 13b and 13c of the document glass plate 13, which are perpendicular to each other and sandwich the document reference corner 13a. , 17b, 18a
, 18b are placed on the original glass plate 1 at a required distance from each other.
It is located under 3. Each original detection sensor 16a to 17
b are both composed of reflective photosensors, etc., and the document detection sensors 17a and 18a have their detection parts on each side.
3b and 13c, and the document detection sensors 17b and 18b have their detection parts located along each side 1.
3b and 13c, respectively, and the document detection sensors 17a and 18a are turned on.
When the document detection sensors 17b and 18b are off, it is determined that the document Q is correctly positioned on the document glass plate I3, and in any other combination, it is determined that the document is positioned incorrectly.

The area surrounded by the broken line in Figure 6 is the image reader section B.
The area outside of this area is a non-copy area.

When all the originals Q to be edited, copied and combined on one sheet of copy paper are stored in the original tray 11, the pink-up belt 12 is driven to remove the lowermost original among the originals Q stacked in the original tray 11. Pull out from Q, guide plate 7
The document is moved onto the glass plate 13 by the conveyor belt 14 via the conveyor rollers 6 and 7f and conveyor rollers 6 and 6b.

After the sensor SS3 detects the leading edge of the document pulled out from the document tray 11, the sensor SS3 detects the leading edge of the document pulled out from the document tray 11, and when a predetermined period of time has elapsed, that is, the time sufficient for the document Q to be pulled out onto the document glass plate 13 at the rear end of the document Q, the sensor SS3 detects the leading edge of the document pulled out from the document tray 11. Reverse the original glass plate 13.
The document Q that has been pulled out is moved to the right side in FIG. 1, positioned and stopped at a predetermined position as shown in FIG. The original on the glass plate 13 is ejected onto the original ejection tray 1G through transport rollers 15a and 15b.

After sensor SS detects the leading edge of document Q, it waits for a certain period of time.
That is, when a sufficient amount of time has elapsed for the rear end of the document to be completely discharged into the document discharge tray 16, the pick amplifier belt I2 is driven again, and the next document is pulled out from the document feed tray 11.
The operation described above is repeated.

(Image reader section) The image reader section B has a scanner section 30 that reads an optical image of the document Q placed on the document glass plate 13, and projects the image read by the scanner section 30 onto a photosensitive drum 41 to expose it. It consists of an optical system, etc.

The scanner unit 30 includes a light source 31 that illuminates the document surface through the document glass plate 13, a condensing optical transmitter lens array 32 that captures the reflected light from the document surface, and a CCD linear image sensor 33 that captures the emitted light. The document surface data is converted into an electric signal by a CCD linear image sensor 33, and then color-separated through a polygon mirror 34 and a plane mirror 35 as a laser diode turn-on/light-off signal to form an image forming section C. It is projected onto the photosensitive drum 41 and exposed.

(Image Forming Unit) The photosensitive drum 41 is configured to be rotated counterclockwise in the direction of the arrow, and a charger 43 is disposed around the photosensitive drum 41 above the rotational drive range. Yellow-magenta, cyan, and plaque developing units 45a, 45b, 45c, and 45d are arranged in this order on the downstream side in the circumferential direction. A color-separated optical image is irradiated from the image reader section B, and the electric potential of the irradiated portion drops to form a latent image, and yellow toner is deposited from the developing device 45a during the first rotation of the photosensitive drum 41. Yellow toner is attached to the charged portion, developed, and transferred to copy paper on a transfer drum 51, which will be described later. followed by 2
Yellow toner is attached to the charged portion of the rotation eye to which magenta toner is attached, a developed image is transferred to the copy paper on the transfer drum 51. Similarly, in the third rotation, cyan toner is applied to the charged areas, and in the fourth rotation, black toner is sequentially applied to each charged area, developed, and transferred to copy paper. There is.

(Copy Paper Processing Section) The copy paper processing section includes a paper feed tray 50, 50, a transfer drum 51, a fixing device 56, a paper discharge tray 57, and the like. The transfer drum 51 is disposed close to and parallel to the photosensitive drum 41, and is provided with a chucking claw 51a on its circumferential surface for copy paper, which is an object to be transferred, so that the copy paper pulled out from the paper feed tray 50 is In synchronization with the reading operation by the image league unit B, its leading end is fixed to the circumferential surface of the transfer drum 51 by a chaffing claw 51a, and then the photosensitive drum 4
At the same time that the toner image of No. 1 faces the transfer charger 46, the leading edge of the copy paper also reaches the transfer charger 46, and
As described above, toner images are sequentially transferred onto copy paper. That is, the photosensitive drum 41. During the first rotation of the transfer drum 51, a yellow developed image is transferred from the photosensitive drum 41 to the copy paper of the transfer drum 5, magenta is transferred during the second rotation, black is transferred to the copy paper during the fourth rotation, and so on. When the transfer is completed, the timing is shifted so that the transfer is performed from this transfer position to the next transfer position, and the toner formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 41 for the next document Q is transferred in the same manner as described above. The developed image is transferred onto copy paper.

The position on the copy sheet at which the editing area of each document is to be transferred may be set as necessary.

When the toner image of the final original has been transferred to the copy paper, the chucking claw 51a is loosened, the copy paper is peeled off from the circumferential surface of the transfer drum 51 by the separation claw 54, and then passed through the conveyor belt 55 and fixed by the fixing device 56. Eject tray 5
7 is discharged on top.

It goes without saying that a transfer belt may be used in place of the transfer drum 51.

(Operation Panel) FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of the operation panel 300 in the embodiment. On the right half of the operation panel 300, there are numeric keys 301 to 310 on the front side for setting the number of copies, etc., and for instructing to start copying. A print key 313, an interrupt key 311 that commands interrupt copying, a clear/stop key 312 that commands canceling the set number and interrupting copying, and a copy number display section 31 that displays the number of copies in segments on the front side.
4. Density down key 315 for setting copy density, ? I
4-degree amplifier key 316, paper selection key 317 for changing the size of copy paper, and display portions 317a to 31 of these
7d is placed.

On the other hand, on the front side, there is a trimming key 323 for instructing a trimming mode for erasing parts other than the specified area, and an erase key 322 for instructing an erase mode for erasing within the specified area. ,
A movement key 321 for commanding the movement mode, a registration key 320 for registering the area designation for each mode, an editing manuscript number display section 318 for displaying the number of manuscripts for which the I collection setting has been made in segments, a manuscript indicating that the position of the manuscript is inappropriate A set failure display section 319 and the like are provided.

(Control Circuit) FIG. 8 is a system diagram of the control circuit used in the embodiment, and includes a CPU (numbered 201) that controls the engine section including the document processing section A, image forming section C1, copy paper processing section, etc. It is mainly configured with a CPU 2 (numbered 202) that controls league part B.

The CPU receives signals from various key switch matrices on the operation panel 300 via an input expansion IC 211, and signals from sensors for detecting various operating states of the document processing section A, image forming section C1, copy paper processing section, and the like through an input expansion IC 212. Input via . Conversely, the drive circuit group 20 for various motors, solenoids, etc. in the engine section is connected via the output expansion IC 213.
In addition to outputting control signals to the segment display unit 314318 and various LED display elements via the output expansion IC 214, it also outputs control signals to the laser diode drive circuit, and further communicates with the CPU 2 via the bus 215. They are connected and are able to communicate with each other.

On the other hand, the CPU 2 receives signals from a group of sensors for detecting various conditions in the image league section B and signals from a CCD linear image sensor, and also receives signals from the scanning motor drive circuit and image processing circuit of the scanner section 30 in the image league section B. A control signal is output, and the control signal is also given to the laser diode drive circuit via this image processing circuit.

The operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be specifically explained below.

(Editing/copying operation) FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the main routine of the CPUI. First, in step S1, the states of various timers, flags, counters, and output ports used in subsequent subroutines are all set to their initial states. , an internal timer value that limits the time for one routine, which is the minimum time unit for input and output processing, is set and started (step S2). A normal copy mode routine such as display and editing copy mode control for the operation keys arranged on the left half of the operation panel 300 is performed (step S3), and then display and copy mode control for the operation on the half of the operation panel 300 are performed. Performs the edit/copy mote routine (step S4)
.

In addition, a document delivery routine such as a series of document transport control from the document tray 11 to the document ejection tray 16 is performed (step S5), and the copy paper is transferred from the paper feed tray 50 to the transfer drum 51 to the ejection tray 57. A paper transport routine such as transport control is performed (step S6).

After that, the laser diode drive circuit and charging.

The CPU 2 performs a so-called image forming process routine, which controls the photosensitive drum 41 such as development (step S7), and performs a fixing routine, which controls the temperature of the fixing device 56 (step 58).
A communication routine that is serial communication control with the internal timer is executed (step S9), and after waiting for the end of the internal timer, the process returns to step S2 and starts the internal timer again (step S51).
0).

(Editing operation) FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of the editing copy mode in step S4 shown in FIG.
1, an editing operation routine that controls editing-related keys and display on the panel 300 is performed (step 541).
), then performs an edited manuscript cent routine, which is a process from the manuscript tablet 1 to the manuscript tray 11 (step 543).

Figure 11 shows the editing operation (
This is a flowchart showing the editing operation (1), which is the specific content of step 541), in which the document position on the document tablet 1 is detected by the document detection sensors 3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b shown in FIG. In this case, a document setting failure is displayed (step 5410).
The number of edited manuscripts for each sheet of copy paper is counted and displayed (step 5440), and then various editing mode keys and editing area setting inputs are accepted to perform copying operations according to the contents (step 5450), and the process returns.

FIG. 12(a) is a flowchart showing the specific contents of the failure display routine for document set, in which it is determined whether or not the editing area is being set (step 5411), and if the editing area is being set, whether the document detection sensor 4b is off or not. If it is off, it is determined whether the document detection sensor 4a is on or not (step 5413); if it is on, it is determined whether the document detection sensor 3a is on or not (step 54).
14) If it is on, it is further determined whether the document detection sensor 3b is off or not (step 5415); if it is off, the document setting failure display is turned off and the process returns.

Note that in each step 5412 to 5415, if each document detection sensor 3b, 4b is on and the sensor 3a, 4a is off, the document setting failure display is lit (step 5417).
.

Note that even when the document Q is positioned on the document glass plate 13, it is determined whether the position is appropriate or not through the process shown in FIG. 12(b).

FIG. 12(B) shows a routine for detecting the position of the document on the document glass plate 13. First, step 541 in FIG. 12(B)
In step 1, it is determined whether or not the editing area is being set. If not, it is determined in step 3418 of FIG. , when it is completed, the document detection sensor 1
7b is off or not (Step 5419); if it is off, it is determined whether the document detection sensor 17a is on or not (Step 5420); if it is on, it is determined whether the document detection sensor 18a is on or not (Step 5420); 5421),
If it is on, it is determined whether the document detection sensor 18a is off or not (step 5422), and if it is off, it is determined in step 5422 (see FIG. 12).
In step 5416 of (a), the document detection sensor 17b turns off the document failure display, and in each judgment from step 5419 to step 5422.

When the original detection sensor 18b is off and the original detection sensors 17a and 18a are on, the original setting failure indicator is turned on in step 5417 of FIG. 12(a).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an editing operation (U) which is a specific content of the editing operation shown in FIG. 10, and the routine jumps to this routine after the above-mentioned editing operation (1).

It is determined whether or not the trimming key 323 is turned on (step 3461), and if it is turned on, the trimming mode is set (step 8462), and whether position input of two or more points has been accepted in the manner shown in FIG. Step 5465) If the erase key 322 is not turned on, it is determined whether the erase key 322 is turned on Step 5463) If it is turned on, the erase mode is set Step 5464) Then, Step 5465
Make judgments.

If it is determined in step 5465 that position input of two or more points has been accepted, it is determined whether or not the trimming key 323 is on (step 5466), and if it is on, it is determined whether or not the trimming mode is in effect (step 5466). Step 546
9). If it is determined in step 5465 that a position input of two or more points has not been received, a determination is made in step 5475 (described later), and if it is determined in step 466 that the trimming key 322 is not turned on, the erase operation is performed. Determine whether the key is on or not (Step 5467)
, and when the erase key 322 is on, it is determined whether the registration key is on or not (step 3468).
If both keys are turned on, step 546
Step 9 is made, and if none of them are turned on, step 5475 is made.

If it is determined in step 5469 that it is the trimming mode, the currently set document number is stored as a trimming area (step 5470), and it is determined whether the registration key 320 is turned on or not (step 5473).
, when it is determined that the document number is on, the document number is incremented (step 5474), and the determination of step 5475 is made.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 8469 that the mode is not trimming mode, it is determined whether the mode is in erase mode (step 5471), and if it is in erase mode, the current document number is stored as an erase area in step 547.
2) Perform the determination in step 5473, and if the erase mode is not in effect, perform the determination in step 5475.

If it is determined in Step 5475 that the power is on, the memory document number is set to 1, and if the power is not turned on, it is determined whether copying has been completed or not (Step 3426), and the copying is completed. If not, just leave it as is.
If copying has been completed, the process returns through step 5477.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of the editing manuscript cent routine in step S43 shown in FIG.
Individual control will be performed depending on which value ATEE takes from O to 6.

If 5TATEE = 0 (default is O)S
When TATHE = O, turn on the registration key (step 5432), turn on solenoid SL+ (step 5433), lower the pickup roller 5 onto the document surface, and set the delay timer T1 sufficient for the pink up roller 5 to reach the document surface. Start (step 5434), 5
1 is added to TATEE (step 5435), and the process returns to step 5431 to repeat the process described above.

When 5TATHE≠0, it is determined whether 5TATHE=1 or not (step 5436), and when 5TATHE=1, timer T is activated.

If it has been completed, the document conveying motor M is turned on and the clutch K is turned on.

Turn on the pickup roller 5 and conveyance roller 5a.

6b counterclockwise and the conveying roller 6 clockwise, then turn on clutch 2 to rotate the conveying roller 8a.
counterclockwise again, conveying roller 6 and U-turn roller 10.
is rotated clockwise, and at step 5435 the 5TAT
Add 1 to EE and return to step 5431.

Step 5441 after steps 5431 and 5436
In step 5441, it is determined whether 5TATEE=2 or not.
), when 5TATEE=2, it is determined whether sensor SS1 is on or not (step 5442), when sensor SS+ is on, in other words, when the leading edge of document Q is detected, timer T2 is activated. Start (step 5443), 5TATII! Add 1 to H (step 5435) and return.

After passing through steps 5431, 5436, and 5441, it is determined in step 5444 whether 5TATHE=3, and 5T
When ATEE=3, it is determined whether or not the timer T2 has ended (step 5445), and when the timer T2 has ended, the TRAED SL is turned off (step 5446), and the pickup roller 5 is placed on standby. Return to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, release the clutch (step 5447), add 1 to 5TATEE (step 5435), and return. Step 54
31, 5441, and 5444, it is determined whether 5TATEE=4 or not, and it is determined whether the sensor S31 is off (step 5449), and if it is off, the timer T3 is started (step 5450). , return to step 5435, add 1 to 5TATHE (step 5435), and return. Step 543
Step 54 via 2,5436,5441,544B
51, determine whether 5TATEE=5, and 5TATEE
= 5, it is determined whether or not the timer T3 has expired (step 5452), and if it has, the clutch is turned off (step 5453), then the clutch is turned on (step 5454), and the conveyance is performed. roller 8
a clockwise, and the conveyance roller 8b and U-turn roller 10 are each rotated counterclockwise, and step 543
Return to 5, add 1 to 5TATHE, and return.

Similarly, in step 455, it is determined whether 5TATEE = 6, and if 5TATEε = 6, it is determined whether the sensor SS has changed from on to off.
56) , When it changes from on to off, start timer T4.Step 5457) ,Step 5435
Return to , add 1 to 5TATHE, and return. Similarly, in step 5455, it is determined whether 5TATEE=6 or not, and when 5TATEE=6, it is determined whether or not the timer T is finished.Step 5458), the clutch is turned off, and motor M+ is turned off. is turned off (step 460), 5TATEE=O (step 5461), and the process returns.

Thereafter, the originals Q stacked in the original tray 11 are pulled out starting from the lowest original Q by operating the pick amplifier belt 12, sequentially positioned on the original glass 13, and read by the image league unit B. ,
When reading is completed, the document is discharged onto the document discharge tray 16.

Meanwhile, in accordance with the process of reading the document Q, the copy paper is fed, transferred, and sent out at a predetermined timing.

FIG. 15 shows the copy paper transport routine, step 5.
The copy paper fed in step 61 is chaffed at its leading end by the chunking claw 51a of the transfer drum 51 (step 563), and the developed toner image is transferred from the photoreceptor drum 41, and when the transfer is completed, it is separated and discharged. (Step 5)
65), return.

FIG. 16 shows the copy paper chaffing routine shown in FIG. The copy paper is conveyed by measuring the positional relationship between the roller and the copy paper, and the leading edge of the paper is held on the transfer drum 51 using the chaffing claw 51a (step 563).
0), Original scanning of image league section B and transfer drum 5
A transfer timing routine is performed to control synchronization with copy paper No. 1 (step 5640).

FIG. 17 shows the contents of the transfer timing routine in FIG. 16. When copy paper is present on the transfer drum 51 according to the initial hold routine 5630 in FIG. 16 (step 5641), the reference position of the transfer drum 51 is detected. The sensor 5S6 (see FIG. 1) is connected to the transfer drum 51.
When the reference position of is detected and turned on (step 5642
), timer T6 starts (step 5643
).

Then, when the timer T6 expires (step 5644
), requests the scanner 30 of image league section B to start scanning (step 5645), and returns.

Timer T6 measures the transfer drum reference position and copy paper leading edge position,
This is a constant value determined by the scanner start-up time, etc., and a value is taken in which the leading edge position of the original image and the leading edge position of the copy sheet match in normal copying.

Through the processing of this routine, the positional relationship of the original glass plate 13 with respect to the paper becomes constant.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the specific contents of step S7 shown in FIG. 9. First, processing related to area editing is performed (step 571), and then operation control of each element such as the charger and the developing devices 45a to 45d is performed. (step 572).

FIG. 19 is a flowchart specifically showing the contents of the area collection in step S71 shown in FIG.
1) When starting, set the memory manuscript number to 1 cents (step 5712), determine whether there is editing area data for that memory manuscript (step 5713), and respond if there is W collection area data. The light emission timing of the laser diode is controlled based on the editing area data (step 5714).

Next, it is determined whether the series of operations for the document has been completed (step 5715), and if it has been completed, the memory document number is incremented (step 571).
6). Similarly, it is determined whether or not there is editing area data for the next document (Step 5717), and if there is, the light emission timing of the laser diode is controlled in the same manner as in Step 5714 (Step 3718), until the control is completed for the final document. repeat.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the copy paper separation and ejection routine, in which it is determined in step 5651 whether or not the clear/stop key is on (step 5651).
, In the case of full color copying, it is determined whether the number of transfers is 4 or not (step 5652), whether or not the multiple manuscript editing mode is determined (step 5653), whether it is the final manuscript or not is determined (step 5654), and the final manuscript is If so, turn on the solenoid of the separation claw 54 (step 5656).

Next, it is determined whether the discharge sensor SS has changed from on to off (step 5658), and when it has changed from on to off, it is determined whether the stop flag is set to 1 (step 5654), and the stop flag is set to 1. If so, the stop flag is set to 0 (step 5660), and if the stop flag is not 1, the talk counter is counted up (step 5661).

〔effect〕

As described above, in the apparatus of the present invention, when the setting of the editing area for a document is completed, the documents are sequentially carried into the document tray and stored therein in a stacked state. The present invention has excellent effects such as being able to perform settings efficiently without erroneous operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional structural view of the apparatus of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view showing the editing area setting section, and Fig. 3 is a document detection sensor for determining whether the document position on the document tablet is appropriate. Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram showing how the editing area is set up, Figures 5 (A) and (B) are partially enlarged views of the document transport section, and Figure 5 (C) is the transport in the document processing system. An explanatory diagram showing the drive system, Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the arrangement of the document detection sensor for determining the appropriateness of the document position on the document glass plate, Fig. 7 is a schematic plan view of the operation panel, and Fig. 8 is the overall view. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the main routine, and FIGS. 10 to 20 are flowcharts showing specific contents of each subroutine. A... Manuscript processing department B... Image league department C...
- Image forming section D... Copy paper processing section 1... Original tablet 2... Position setting pens 3a, 3b,
4a, 4b-Document detection sensor 5...Pink amplifier roller 6.6a, 6b...Transport roller 12...Pink amplifier belt 14...Transport belt 16 30...Scanner section 41 45a, 45b, 45c , 45d --・Developer 56・
...Fuser 11...Document tray 13...Document glass plate...Document output tray...Photoreceptor drum 51...Transfer drum Patent Applicant: Minolta Camera Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney: Norio Kono Men's funeral map (a) Figure (b) Funeral diagram (a) Figure (b) Funeral diagram (b) Funeral diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An editing area setting section that sequentially specifies editing areas for a plurality of manuscripts, a manuscript storage section that stores a plurality of manuscripts with editing areas designated, and a manuscript stored in the manuscript storage section. In an editing/copying apparatus equipped with a document conveying section that discharges a document through a document reading position to a document ejecting section, the documents whose editing areas have been specified are sequentially carried into the document storage section from the editing area setting section and stacked. An editing/copying apparatus characterized in that it comprises means for accommodating in a state.