JPH086172A - Image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image forming device forming an image on paper which is capable of being folded in various sizes by a simple operation and also is capable of being filed and arranged. CONSTITUTION:The image forming device forming image on paper by developing an electrostatic charge latent image formed by exposing the surface of a photoreceptor possesses an image memory 2 storing the information of the image 1 such as read image or the like, a folding position mark memory 4 storing the information of plural folding position marks 3, and an input part 5 selecting a specified folding position mark 3 from the folding position mark memory 4 and a write-in controlling part 7 controlling write-in so as to form the electrostatic charge latent image of the folding position mark 3 with the image 1 on the photoreceptor 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine, a printer, a scanner, a file server, or a multifunction machine having these functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional image forming apparatus, for example, a copy image corresponding to an original image is provided in order to facilitate the organization of recording papers which are copied by an electrophotographic copying machine and discharged onto a discharge tray. In addition to the above, by providing an information input means for adding an exposure image consisting of numerical information or the like which does not exist in the original image on the recording paper, the additional image of the number such as the date or the number of pages which is not in the original image can be a part of the copied image. There has been proposed a device (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-108832) capable of forming the same. When organizing the copied recording sheets in folders, etc., especially A2, A1, B3, B
When arranging recording papers of large size such as 2 sizes, the recording papers of different sizes are filed in the folders by folding the recording papers according to the size of the folder to be organized and stored. There is.

FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (c) are explanatory views of a folding method according to a conventional example. A2 size copied recording paper 1 is shown.
When 08 is folded into A4 size, the copied recording paper 108 is unfolded in a state that one side is bound in a folder so that the image 101 can be seen. It is set and folded along a folding line extending from each folding position 103a, 103b. And the shape after folding is A4
It was necessary to fold it as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (c), adjusting each time to make a size plate. Therefore, there is a problem in that the copied recording paper by the conventional image forming apparatus is very troublesome to fold and requires much labor.

[0004]

However, there is a problem in that the copying operation of the copied recording paper by the above-mentioned conventional image forming apparatus is very troublesome for folding work.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION That is, according to the present invention, a fold position mark for facilitating folding into various sizes by a simple operation is recorded in a margin or the like of a recording paper to facilitate filing and organizing an image. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image formed by exposing the surface of a photoconductor to form an image on a sheet. An image memory for storing image information such as a read image, a fold position mark memory for storing information on a plurality of fold position marks, an input unit for selecting a predetermined fold position mark from the fold position mark memory, and a photosensitive member. The most main feature is that the image forming apparatus has a writing control unit that controls writing so as to form an electrostatic latent image of the folding position mark together with the image on the body. The main feature of the writing control unit is that the image is formed on the front surface of the paper and the folding position mark is formed on the back surface of the paper. The writing control unit reduces the image to a reduced image when the selection of giving the folding position mark to the edge of the sheet at the input unit, and the folding position to the margin of the edge of the sheet. The main feature is that the mark is provided.

[0007]

In the image forming apparatus constructed as described above, the writing control section forms the electrostatic latent image of the folding position mark together with the image on the photoconductor without disturbing the image, and various operations can be performed by simple operations. (EN) It is possible to provide an image forming apparatus that can be folded into a size, and thus facilitates organizing files in folders and the like.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example of an electrophotographic copying machine as an image forming apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
The image 1 recorded on the lower surface of the original 10 placed on the contact glass 9 is read by the scanner unit 11 provided facing the contact glass 9 and then imaged on the reading unit 21 to be read. Part 21 A
The image information that has undergone processing such as / D conversion is stored in the image memory 2. The writing control unit 7 selects a predetermined fold position mark 3 from the fold position mark memory 4 that stores information about a plurality of fold position marks 3 to be recorded together with the document image information on the recording paper, and selects the fold position mark 3 The control for forming the electrostatic latent image is performed by the input unit 5. That is, the writing control unit 7 passes the emitted writing laser light through the polygon mirror 12, the lens 13, and the mirror 14 so as to form the input electrostatic latent image of the folding position mark 3 together with the image 1. The surface of the photoconductor 6 that is uniformly charged by the charging charger 15 and rotates in the A direction is exposed.

Similarly, in the case of an image forming apparatus such as a fax machine, a printer, a scanner, a file server, or a multifunction machine having these functions, which is not shown, the writing control section 7 controls the light emission. The writing laser light is the polygon mirror 12, the lens 13, and the mirror 1.
The surface of the photoconductor 6 is exposed to light via 4 to form an electrostatic latent image. The electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor 6 is
The sheet (recording sheet) 8 that is formed into a toner image by the developing unit 16, is fed from the other side, and is conveyed by the registration roller 23 at the same timing, is the transfer unit 1.
The image is transferred at 7, is fixed at the fixing unit 18, is discharged from the discharge roller 19, and is stored. After the photoconductor 6 is transferred by the transfer unit 17,
It is cleaned by the cleaning unit 20 to prepare for the next image formation.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the control circuit of the apparatus of the present invention. The image 1 of the original 10 or the like is read by the scanner unit 11 and the reading section 21, and the information of the image 1 is stored in the image memory 2. It Information on a plurality of images forming the folding position mark 3 which serves as a folding position mark when the large size sheet 8 is folded into a smaller size is stored in the folding position mark memory 4. In the input unit 5 (for example, the operation unit of the image forming apparatus), in what form (the front surface 8a, the back surface 8b, the margin portion 8c, etc. of the paper 8) of the image of the folding position mark 3 is displayed, In addition, whether to display it or which size it is desired to fold is selected and input. Information processing from the image memory 2, the folding position mark memory 4, and the input unit 5 is performed to synthesize images,
Non-compositing is performed by the information processing unit 22, and the writing control unit 7 exposes the original image 1 and the folding position mark 3 on the photoconductor 6 to form an electrostatic latent image. There is.

In order to simplify the following description, A is used here.
Only when inputting to the input unit 5 so that a 2-size sheet 8 is folded into an A4 size is shown, the folding position mark memory 4 has a folding position mark 3 for realizing folding from various sizes to a desired size. Since, is stored, any size can be set from the input unit 5. Further, even if the size of the sheet 8 and the desired folding size are the same, there are a plurality of folding methods, and the desired folding method can be selected by the input unit 5 and set.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of folding position marks. The writing control section 7 records folding position marks 3a to 3d for folding into A4 size on the edge of the front surface 8a of the paper 8. It is like this. Therefore, a person who picks up the discharged recording paper can easily copy the paper 8 along this mark.
Can be folded into 4 sizes. Further, in the case of a complicated folding method, if the folding order is displayed by a number, or the mountain fold and the valley fold can be identified by changing the display type, the folding can be further facilitated. That is, for example, in FIG. 3, the numbers indicate the folding order, and the circles surrounding the numbers indicate valley folds.

FIG. 4 shows another example of the fold position mark. In this example, the fold position mark 3 for folding the A8 size on the back surface 8b where the image 1 is not present on the paper 8 by the writing control section 7 is described.
a to 3d are recorded. Therefore, the image 1 on the front surface 8a of the paper 8 is not disturbed, and the paper 8 can be easily
Can be folded into A4 size.

FIG. 5 shows another example of the present invention, in which the writing controller 7 causes the back surface 8 without the image 1 on the paper 8.
In addition to the folding position marks 3a to 3d, the folding position mark 3e of the mountain fold line of the solid line and the folding position mark 3f of the valley fold line of the broken line are recorded on the entire surface of b. There is. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the image 1 on the front surface 8a of the paper 8 is not disturbed, and the paper 8 can be easily folded into A4 size.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment. When it is selected by the operation input from the input section 5 to give the folding position mark 3 to the edge of the sheet 8, the writing control section 7
A reduced image 1a is formed by reducing the original image 1 and
By recording the reduced image 1a, the folding position marks 3a to 3d are provided on the margin portion 8c formed on the peripheral portion thereof. Therefore, the image 8 on the front surface 8a of the paper 8 is not disturbed and the back surface 8b is not used, and the paper 8 can be easily folded into A4 size.

[0016]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the writing control section forms the electrostatic latent image of the folding position mark together with the image on the photoconductor without disturbing the image. It is now possible to provide an image forming apparatus that can be folded into various sizes by a simple operation and that forms an image on a sheet that can be filed and organized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of an image forming apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of another main part of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of another main part of the image forming apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of another main part of the image forming apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of another main part of the image forming apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are explanatory views illustrating a state of a conventional image forming apparatus.

[Object of the invention]

1 ... Image, 1a ... Reduced image, 2 ... Image memory, 3 ... Folding position mark, 3a-f ... Folding position mark, 4 ... Folding position mark memory, 5 ...・ Input section, 6
... Photoconductor, 7 ... Writing control section, 8 ... Paper, 8a ... Front surface, 8b ... Back surface, 8c ... Margin area, 9 ... Contact glass, 10 ... Manuscript, 11
..Scanner unit, 12 ... Polygon mirror, 1
3 ... Lens, 14 ... Mirror, 15 ... Charging charger, 16 ... Developing unit, 17 ... Transfer unit, 18 ... Fixing unit, 19 ... Paper ejection roller, 20 ... ..Cleaning unit, 21 ... reading unit, 22 ... information processing unit, 23 ... registration roller, 101 ... image, 103a ... folding position A, 1
03b ... Folding position B, 108 ... Paper.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an image forming apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image formed by exposing the surface of a photoconductor to form an image on a recording sheet, an image memory for storing image information such as a read image. A fold position mark memory that stores information about a plurality of fold position marks, an input unit that selects a predetermined fold position mark from the fold position mark memory, and a static image of the fold position mark together with the image on the photoconductor. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a writing control unit that controls writing so as to form a latent image. 2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the writing control unit is configured to form the image on the front surface of the paper and the fold position mark on the back surface of the paper. 3. The writing control unit according to claim 1, wherein the writing control unit reduces the image to a reduced image when selecting to add the folding position mark to an edge of the sheet by an operation from the input unit. Then, the image forming apparatus is configured such that the folding position mark is provided in the marginal portion of the end portion of the sheet.