JPS6252544A - Copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To insert color paper easily and securely in the middle of copying operation by detecting control information during conveyance and feeding out insert forms automatically with the detection output. CONSTITUTION:Originals PDn-PD1 are copied in the order of pages dn,...d2, d1. If an inserter PII is sent in the middle of said copying operation, a machine sends out a form of a previously specified form tray for insertion without copying and puts those sheets of paper together, namely, obtains a form 13 for insertion. The inserter PII has two holes H, so previously stored form 13 for insertion such as color paper and slightly thick paper is fed from a specified tray on the machine on the basis of the detection output. Similarly, any number of sheets of paper can be inserted at any point in the process of the feeding of the originals PAn-PA1, the inserter PII, and originals PON-PO1 in order.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention relates to the control of a copying machine, and more specifically, to controlling the automatic feeding of insert paper using paper attached with control information. The present invention relates to a page inserter (automatic display/sheet insertion device) that is designed to obtain a page inserter.

[Background technology]

When obtaining a copy of a manuscript, there are times when you want one containing color paper or the like.

For example, when dealing with a copy set that has been copied from a set of original documents consisting of multiple sheets, it is convenient if there is a color paper or the like in a predetermined location of the copy set because it serves as a landmark.

Gold paper (insert paper) in the copy set like this
The following methods are available: (1) the operator manually inserts the color paper, etc. after copying is complete, or (2) the operator manually selects the tray by placing the color paper, etc. in a separate paper drawer. There are two methods: (c) (3) allowing selection using buttons on the control panel, etc., but both methods are time-consuming and difficult, and may lead to mistakes. There are many methods, and method (3) also has drawbacks such as complicated operations and difficult to understand.

[Problem of invention]

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and is intended to make it easier and more reliable to insert color paper or the like during copying.

[Means and effects for achieving the object] For this purpose, the present invention uses a paper to which control information has been attached in advance, and incorporates it into a document set so that it is conveyed by a document conveying means in the same manner as the document. At the same time, the above control information is detected during the conveyance, and the insert paper is automatically sent out based on the output, so that the operator only has to set the above paper in the document set according to the location where the insert paper is desired. be.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention,
As a control paper that is inserted in advance into the original set according to the place in the copy set where gold paper is to be inserted, a piece of paper coded with control information is used by forming a hole in a predetermined place. This is the case if you do this.

FIG. 1 shows the preparations for automatically feeding an insert sheet and inserting it into a desired location in a copy set during copying of an original. That is,
In such a case, an inserter is set in advance for controlling the document set as described above. In the illustrated example, the document sets include the first document group (main text) of document Pot-'-PON, the second document group (appendices) of document PAl-PAn, and the third document group (data) of document PDI to PD3. ), and an inserter PIl (type n) as shown in FIG. 2 is inserted between the original PON and the original PA, and between the original document PD1, and
Next to the original PDf& is an inserter P as shown in Figure 3.
I (Type I) is attached. In each of FIGS. 2 and 3, (Al and (Bl) indicate the front and back sides, respectively.
The type H inserter Pit in Figure 2 has marks in the shaded area, that is, two holes H in this example, and the type H inserter P■ in Figure 3 has three holes H.
There are several.

As described later, when the hole H of the inserter PII is detected by the detection means during feeding by the automatic document feeder (ADF), the machine does not make a copy.
It is used for control such as feeding paper such as color paper from the insert paper tray and using it as a slip sheet. In addition, the inserter P is used to set the machine to inserter mode in advance. This is used to control the display to inform the operator that the insert mode has been entered in which insert paper is placed in the copy set, and to specify the insert paper tray.

Figures 4 and 5 show an ADF system that uses an inserter set in a document set according to the location where insert paper is desired to be inserted, as described above, and sends them out one by one to the document placement section of a copying machine. Show the configuration. That is, in Fig. 4, (1) is the original tray, (2) is the feed wheel, (3) is the beam tart pad, (4) is the upper paper guide, (5) is the lower paper guide, and the original tray ( 1)
Feeding the paper between the upper paper guide (4) and the lower paper guide (5) is performed by rotating the feed wheel (2). (6) is feed roll, +71
1-1: Gate (8) is a document belt, which is fed out as described above and regulated by gate (7), and when the gate (7) is raised, it is further conveyed to the feed roll (6).
) and a document belt (8) to feed the document onto a glass platen (9).

The sensor is installed in the middle of the document conveyance path, and is incorporated into the document set as described above.
, constitutes means for detecting the hole H when the PIN is delivered onto the platen (9).

Note that, as shown in FIG. 5, an appropriate number of detection means may be provided depending on the size used, and in the case of the figure, three detection means may be provided.

The output obtained by detecting the hole H is sent as control information to a CPU installed on a PWB (printed tip wire board) as shown in FIG.

RAM, ROMf, equipment, machine controller (lυ
Based on the provided information, the machine controller (111) sends control signals for controlling the inserter mode setting, tray selection, etc. as described above.

Note that if inserter PI[, I is sent, I-j
: Although the machine does not make copies, this control to prevent copies is normally carried out by using a light source such as a tungsten lamp, fluorescent lamp, or LED placed close to the photoreceptor. This can be done by turning on all the lights and reducing the potential of the photoreceptor to suppress the development to zero. Therefore, a control signal is also sent from the controller αD to the erase lamp 0z.

When making a copy of a document, the operator inserts the inserter P at the desired location in the document set, as shown in Figure 1, and also attaches the inserter Plt in this embodiment. Stack them all at once, face down, and load them into the ADF as shown in Figure 4. When you press the copy start button on the copier, the inserter P■ for the top paper, i.e., the tie and paper ■, is fed in first. , gate (7)
I bump into it. FIG. 5 shows that the inserter Pl
It shows the moment when it hit the gate (71) and stopped.

Next, when the sheet inserter PI is fed onto the platen (9) by the gate (71), the feed roll (6) and the document belt (8), the number of holes H is drilled there. The sensor 10-1 detects and sends a detection signal to the controller circle.In this case, since there are three holes, the seventh
The signal shown in the figure is generated, and based on this, the controller αυ sets the machine to the "inserter mode" and identifies the paper tray. That is, first, when the inserter P1 feeds tn, the controller αD sets the machine to the inserter mode, and sends a control signal to the display means on the control panel (not shown) to display the 1-insert mode. This notifies the operator that the insert paper mode has been entered and also identifies the insert paper tray among the multiple paper trays in the machine.

Next, the originals PD, -PD, are copied.

That is, copies are made in the order of pages drLl...d2tal. When the inserter P■ is sent in during the copying process, the machine does not make a copy but instead feeds the paper from the previously specified insert paper tray, as shown in Figure 9. gold paper,
In other words, it is the insert paper side.

In other words, in the case of the inserter PM, the number of holes H is 2, so if there are 2 holes, the detection output will be a signal as shown in Figure 8, and in this case, the machine will detect The machine feeds the stored color paper, somewhat thick paper, or other insert paper, and especially the machine does not make copies. Control rather than not making a copy is performed by fully lighting the erase lamp α2 as described above.

In this way, insert sheets are created, and in the same manner, the original P
A, ~PA, , inserter pm, and manuscript PoN-
In the process of being fed out from the pot, the insert paper (13) is inserted, and as shown in FIG. You can insert as many sheets as you like in any location depending on the location.Instead of inserting insert paper into the copy set, the operator manually inserts paper sheets etc. after copying, or Instead of manually selecting a tray and inserting it into the set during the process, a pre-coded inserter can be built into the document set, and the code can be used to send out the insert paper A3 as described above. The operator only has to set the inserter in advance according to the location where he/she wants to insert sheets into the document set, which is easy to understand and the work is easy, and there are fewer mistakes.

Furthermore, if the inserter inserted in Fig. 1 is a type I inserter PI with one hole ■ as shown in Fig. 10, the signal detected when it is sent out onto the platen (9) is the 11th A signal as shown in the figure is generated, and this is given to the machine controller circle. In this case, the machine feeds the insert paper a3 from the previously specified tray and makes a copy. In this example, in this case, the original is written on the front of the inserter P2, and the area within the dotted line in FIG. 10(B) shows the range that will be copied at this time.

Further, in this case, it is also possible to feed an insert sheet from a specific tray to the next delivered document to make a copy. In that case, the copy area on the original is the same as the original size.

In this way, a pre-coded inserter is inserted into the document set, the machine mode is specified by the code, and the insert paper 131 is automatically fed out. It is also possible to make a copy or not copy it.

The document set shown in Fig. 1 is an example of an ADF that sends out each document group in the order of page 1 - page 3.2.1, page N - page 3, 2, 1, and type I.
Therefore, the inserter In was attached at the end of the manuscript set, but 1.2.3...N page, 1.2.3
... In the case of an ADF that sends out pages in order, the machine can be set to the "inserter mode" by attaching the inserter PI of type (2) first.

Next, other embodiments will be described.

In this example, the inserter PIXpH, PI has a fifth
One or two holes and three holes are made at the positions where the sensors 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3 shown in the figure are installed. Figure 12 shows L Te hole Ha, Hb, H
cf is shown in the type H inserter Pfl['. Depending on the position and number of the holes thus provided, types I, II-type or ■ are distinguished as shown in the following table.

FIG. 13(A) shows the type I inserter PIt in this embodiment, and the same figure fB) shows the type ■ inserter, and the same figure (C1 shows the type ■ inserter PIt) when it is fed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 12. 00), and it is possible to distinguish between type I, ff, or ■.

In the case of this embodiment, the inserter used is a sheet of paper large enough to cover all sensors 10-1, 1o-2, 10-3'i, that is, the inserter does not have to be the largest, but the ADF
This is the larger paper size when sending. Furthermore, in this embodiment, if many types of inserters are required, 2'-1=7 types can be obtained, and the number of sensors can be increased or the number of holes can be changed as shown in Fig. 5. If it increases in the direction, it can be increased as needed.

Further, it is also possible to use only the sensor 1O-1 as shown in FIG. 22.

Next, still another embodiment will be described.

FIG. 14 is an example of a combination of a document set and an inserter to be prepared for copying, and shows a state in which the inserter is inserted into the document set (main text and appendix). In this case, the inserter PIl'i shown in FIG. 15 is inserted at the bottom of the page to be copied using a color copying grinder or the like. When the set thus obtained is placed in the ADF shown in FIG. 4 and the start button is pressed in the same manner as described above, the machine first sets the ``insert mode'' using the inserter P and specifies the tray.

Next, after copying appendix t'L to 2.1 pages in order, feed the above inserter Plffi,
At this time, the machine selects the tray and the ADF selects the inserter P.
Excrete I immediately. When the next document is fed, the paper is fed from the previously selected tray and a normal copy is made, and from then on, normal copying operations are performed. In the above embodiment, if the inserter inserted between the documents is a single-hole Type I inserter PI, the machine feeds the insert paper from the previously identified tray and inserts the information written on that inserter PI. Control is performed to copy the contents of the original, but in the case of Figures 14 and 15 above,
When the inserter PI is fed, the tray is selected, the inserter P1 is ejected, the next document is fed, and the document subsequent to the inserter PI is copied onto color copy paper, etc. from the selected tray. In this case, a control program for executing such control based on control information obtained by detecting the hole H of the inserter PI is stored in the ROM of the machine controller circle shown in FIG. 6 in advance. Leave it there.

In the case of Fig. 14, the AD is sent in the order of Desperate Page - Page 32.1, Page N - Pages 3, 2, and 1.
Since this is an example of F, conversely, 1. In the case of an ADF' that sends out pages in the order of 23...N pages, inserter PII of type H should be attached first, and type I should be attached before the page to be copied onto color paper or the like.

That is, in this example, it is sufficient to attach it before the "Appendix Table of Contents" in FIG. 14.

Next, referring to FIGS. 16A and 16B, a description will be given of an embodiment in which the control of the counter is changed depending on whether a copy is to be made or not.

First, in the same figure (Bl shows the control operation of the charge counter control method commonly used in copying machines,
After feeding the paper, the jam is detected.
It is determined in step ■ whether the determination result is Yes, the job recovery is performed in step ■, and then the process returns to step ■.Only when the determination result of step ■ is No, the count up in step ■ is The idea is to carry out the following.

In this embodiment, such a routine for incrementing the charge counter is performed when the inserter is of type I in the inserter mode.

For this reason, R of the machine controller αD shown in FIG.
As shown in the flowchart in Figure 16 (N), when the machine enters the inserter mode by feeding the type ■ inserter PM, the charge counter is different between the type I and type H inserters regarding counter control. A control program is stored in advance.

That is, as shown in the same figure (Al), first step (A1
6) determine whether or not it is inserter mode, and then press N.

If the judgment result is , proceed to step (work's) and step 1.
Step (J, 16) ~ (Lts) in the same figure (B
Execute the same processing as l. If the inserter Pg has been fed, the determination result in step (A16) is Yes, and then step (Bl6) is performed.
, (C10), it is determined whether or not it is a document feed and inserter.

Here, if the paper fed by the ADF shown in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step (XtS) and subsequent steps in the same manner as above. Seriously, we're doing a routine where all the toll counters go down.

If the fed inserter is of type ■, as described above, no copies are made at this time, but only gold paper is made to copy set α4 as shown in Figure 9.
The charge counter routine is bypassed. That is, after step (at6), the paper feed insert paper (13) is fed out in step (F'+6), then the jam detection is determined in step (016), and the paper feed is performed in step (H2S). Run job recovery,
If there is no jam and the sheets are interleaved, step again (B16)
Then, the ADF feeds the subsequent document.

In this way, in this embodiment, a pre-coded inserter is inserted into the document set, the machine mode is specified by the code, and the insert paper is automatically fed out. In addition to copying or not copying depending on the type of code,
You can change the control of the copy fee counter depending on when the copy is made or not.
Adding such controls to the embodiments described above allows copier users to pay reasonable copy fees.

FIGS. 17 and 18 show control flowcharts according to still another embodiment, and in this case as well, the control program is stored in the ROM of the machine controller 0υ. In this embodiment, a warning is issued when a tray is selected and a specified tray in an inserter mode as a result of another automatic copy mode is selected, or when a mode other than automatic selection is selected.

As shown in FIG. 17, the inserter P of the aforementioned Jiin ■
IL:; Feed by DADF (A,
7), enter insert mode, then step (B
S? ), it is determined whether the mode is automatic mode or not. In the case shown in the figure, automatic paper selection and automatic magnification selection are taken as examples as automatic selection modes, but in step (B17) it is determined whether these or any other.If No, the process shown in FIG. 18 is performed. move on.

Now, referring to FIG. 18, this shows a warning routine when the insert mode is selected in a mode other than the automatic selection mode (manual mode). In manual mode, automatic tray selection is not normally performed, so even if an inserter enters, a designated tray cannot be automatically selected.

Therefore, in such a case, at steps (All) to (01m), a machine stop warning,
This allows you to change the mode and select automatic mode.

When automatic paper selection or automatic magnification selection is selected in step (Bsy) in FIG. Steps (Hl 7 ) to (N17), (017) within the dotted lines as shown in the process
~(TI7) is inserted. That is, in the case of automatic paper selection, steps (C17) to (Gtt)
Between the document feed, document size detection, magnification determination, copy size selection, another warning routine and the copy cycle of step (N17), and in the case of automatic magnification selection, steps (U17) to ( yt□) document feed, document size detection, magnification setting, another warning routine, and before the copy cycle. The processing inside the dotted line consists of designated tray determination, machine stop warning, tray change, designated tray determination, standby, and start button operation in any case of n, and the determination result of N is determined at the first step inside the dotted line. When n is obtained, jump to the other steps within the dotted line and immediately proceed to the next step. Controls within such dotted lines can avoid each other if the trays in insert mode and trays in auto selection mode accidentally overlap, thus preventing unnecessary copying to insert paper, e.g. color paper. can.

In this way, in this embodiment, a pre-coded inserter is inserted into the document set, the machine mode is specified by the code, the insert paper is automatically fed out, and the copy is made again. In addition to specifying the tray when the specified tray for inserter mode is selected as a result of another automatic copy mode, a warning can be issued when copying to insert paper when it is not necessary. There is no choice.

It is also possible to issue a warning when a mode other than automatic selection is selected.

Next, an embodiment applied to automatic double-sided copying will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21.

FIG. 19 shows an example of the ADF used in this embodiment, and unlike the one in FIG. 4, it prefeeds the next paper P, that is, the original or the inserter, immediately after feeding the previous original. It also has a mechanism. That is, in the same figure, (19 is Nudger
) roll, +IEil is a feed roll facing the retard pad (31), and a sensor surface for detection in the case of pre-feeding is further provided between these rolls.

As will be described later, this sensor 0η detects the hole H when the pre-fed object is an inserter, and its output is sent to the machine controller α in the same way as that from the sensor αω.
Given to D.

FIG. 20 shows an example of a set to be sent out using such an ADF, in which a type I inserter PI is inserted into a document set (main text and appendix), and a type ■ inserter pin is set at the top. Also, inserter PI
is inserted before the page you want to copy on color copy paper, etc.; If you enter the above ADF and press the start button, first enter the inserter PIN.
The machine sets “insert mode” and identifies the tray. Next, in this example, the inserter PI is fed after copying pages 1.2 to N of the main text in this order.

At this time, the machine selects a tray, the ADF immediately ejects the inserter, and when the next document is fed, it feeds the paper from the previously selected tray, makes a normal copy, and then performs normal copying operations. However, in this embodiment, in such a case, the next document is pre-fed immediately after the document to be copied is conveyed onto the platen (9), and the documents are sequentially fed onto the platen (9). Conveyance and prefeed can be repeated. Then, when the pre-fed object is an inserter and the sensor (17) detects the hole H of the inserter (one large or two holes), the copy of the previous document is automatically controlled to be a one-sided copy.

That is, in this embodiment, R of the machine controller 0D
A control program as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21 is further stored in the OM. As shown in the figure, in steps (A21) to (C21), it is determined whether or not it is a document feed, prefeed, or inserter, and when the determination result in step (C21) is NO, steps (D21) to Jump up (H21) and step (
I21) to (K21) to copy the first page and feed the original.
The second side is copied, the process returns to step (A2.), and this process is repeated thereafter.

If the determination result in the above determination step (C21) is Yes, steps (D21) to (F21) perform one-sided copying, copy ejection, document feed, and determine whether the inserter is type I or type ■. Make a judgment. Here, if it is type output, paper feed and paper ejection are performed in step (az9), and in case of type I, one-sided copying and copy ejection are performed in step (021).

In this way, in the case of this embodiment, by further adding the blurfeed mechanism and sensor α7), automatic double-sided copying can be performed immediately after the document is fed, depending on whether or not the pre-feed is the inserter. / Since double-sided copying can be switched automatically, it can be applied to automatic double-sided copying, and the range of applications can be widened. Moreover, in this case, as in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, all that is required is to insert a slip sheet into the document set and set the inserter in advance at the location f'Lfc, so it is easy to understand and operate, and there are fewer mistakes. It doesn't take away from the benefits.

In each of the embodiments, a hole is used to attach the control information to the inserter, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. Anything that can detect a change, such as a different one, may be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, if paper with control information attached in advance is incorporated into the document set, the setting mode of the machine is specified according to the control information, and the insert paper is automatically inserted. Since it can be sent out, it has features such as being easy to understand for the operator, the required work is simple, there are few mistakes, and the mounting can be done easily and reliably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a combination of a document set and an inserter according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front and back view showing an example of an inserter of N and (BIH type ) and (B) are the front and back views of the inserter of type ■, Figure 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the ADF, and Figure 5 is a top view of the main parts showing an example of how the ADF is used. , FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a control system, FIGS. 7 and 8 are waveform diagrams showing signals at the time of detection of type 1 and H inserters, respectively, and FIG. 9 is an example of a completed copy set. 10 (N and (B)
1 is a back view and a front view showing an example of a type ■ inserter, FIG. 11 is a waveform diagram showing a signal at the time of detection by the same inserter, and FIG. Front view and back view showing an example of an inserter, No. 13
Figures (A) to (C) show types I and 'It in that case, respectively.
Waveform diagram showing the signal at the time of detection of the inserter of and H, 1st
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a combination of a document set and an inserter according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 (At and C
B+ is the back view and front view of type 2 inserter, 1st
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a charge counter control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 17 shows a copy mode control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention in accordance with another automatic copy mode routine. Put 'f
FIG. 18 is a flowchart for causing the automatic mode to be selected when the automatic mode is not selected in FIG. A schematic configuration diagram showing
FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a combination of a document set and an inserter, and FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a combination of a document set and an inserter, and FIG. Set Pl, PII, PIN
... Inserter patent applicant Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Representative Tomohiro Donakamura (2 others) Figure 5 10-1.10-2, 10-3: 'en9 Figure 6 29C Ha, Hb, Hc: Hole Fig. 13 (A) CB) 1) - Fig. 14 Fig. 15 Fig. 16 (A) Fig. 18 Fig. 16: Fee F Rono L no

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for conveying the original, means for detecting the control information when the sheet with control information incorporated in the original set is conveyed by the conveying means, and an insert sheet by the output from the detection means. 1. A copying machine characterized by comprising: means for controlling automatic feeding.