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- the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that prints an image on a sheet and a control method of the image forming apparatus.
- An image forming apparatus forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an image scanned from an original or an image inputted from the outside on a surface of a photoconductive drum, develops the electrostatic latent image with a developing agent to visualize the image, and transfers the visible image onto a sheet.
- Sheets are stored in a cassette, taken out one by one, and conveyed to the photoconductive drum.
- the sheet having the visible image transferred thereon is conveyed to a fixing unit.
- the fixing unit fixes the visible image transferred on the sheet with heat. This sheet subjected to the fixing is discharged to the outside of a main body. In this way, the image on the original or the image inputted from the outside is printed on the sheet.
- a sheet being conveyed may be jammed.
- the print is suspended.
- the jam of the sheet is released by a user, the print is resumed automatically.
- An image forming apparatus includes: a first control section that starts, when a print job for printing an image on a sheet occurs, the print job; and a second control section that determines, when the sheet is jammed after the start of the print job, whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set, resumes, when a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job after the jam is released, and stops the print job when the determination result is negative.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of the inside of a main body of the embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure and an example of display of a control panel of the embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the embodiment
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining actions of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the display of the control panel of the embodiment.
- an original stand 2 and a control panel 3 are provided in an upper part of a main body 1 of an image forming apparatus.
- An automatic document feeder (ADF) 4 is provided on the original stand 2 to be opened and closed freely.
- a carriage 10 is provided on a lower surface side of the original stand 2 .
- An exposure lamp 11 is provided in the carriage 10 .
- the carriage 10 can reciprocatingly move along the lower surface of the original stand 2 .
- the exposure lamp 11 is lit while the carriage 10 is reciprocatingly moving, whereby an original set on the original stand 2 is exposed to light.
- a reflected light image of the original set on the original stand 2 is obtained.
- the reflected light image is projected on a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 16 by reflecting mirrors 12 , 13 , and 14 and a lens block 15 .
- the CCD 16 outputs a signal of a voltage level corresponding to a light reception amount.
- a scanner that optically scans the original set on the original stand 2 is constituted by the carriage 10 , the exposure lamp 11 , the reflecting mirrors 12 , 13 , and 14 , the lens block 15 , the CCD 16 , and the like.
- the image signal After an image signal outputted from the CCD 10 is amplified and subjected to image processing, the image signal is supplied to a laser unit 27 .
- the laser unit 27 emits a laser beam B corresponding to the input signal.
- a photoconductive drum 20 is provided to rotate freely in substantially the center in the main body 1 .
- a charging unit 21 , a developing unit 22 , a transferring unit 23 , a peeling unit 24 , a cleaner 25 , and a charge removing unit 26 are disposed in order around this photoconductive drum 20 .
- the laser beam B emitted from the laser unit 27 is irradiated on the surface of the photoconductive drum 20 .
- Plural cassettes 30 are provided at the bottom in the main body 1 .
- a large number of sheets P of sizes different from one another are stored in these cassettes 30 .
- the sheets P are taken out one by one from any one of these cassettes 30 .
- a pickup roller 31 is provided in each of the cassettes 30 .
- the sheets P taken out are separated from the cassette 30 by a separation roller 32 , respectively, and sent to registration rollers 33 .
- the registration rollers 33 deliver the sheet P to a space between the photoconductive drum 20 and the transferring unit 23 at timing set taking into account rotation of the photoconductive drum 20 .
- the charging unit 21 applies a high voltage to the photoconductive drum 20 to charge the surface of the photoconductive drum 20 with electrostatic charges.
- the laser beam B emitted from the laser unit 27 is irradiated on the surface of the photoconductive drum 20 subjected to this charging.
- An electrostatic latent image corresponding to the image scanned by the scanner is formed on the surface of the photoconductive drum 20 by this irradiation.
- the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductive drum 20 is visualized by a developing agent (a toner) supplied from the developing unit 22 .
- This visible image is transferred onto the sheet P by the transferring unit 23 .
- the sheet P subjected to the transfer is peeled from the photoconductive drum 20 by the peeling unit 24 .
- the developing agent and the charges remain on the surface of the photoconductive drum 20 from which the sheet P is peeled.
- the remaining developing agent is removed by the cleaner 25 .
- the remaining charges are removed by the chare removing unit 28 .
- the sheet P peeled from the photoconductive drum 20 is sent to a fixing unit 42 by a conveyor belt 41 .
- the fixing unit 42 fixes the visible image transferred onto the sheet P with heat.
- the sheet P subjected to the fixing is discharged to the sheet discharging unit 6 through a discharge port 44 by a sheet discharging roller 43 .
- a printer that prints the image scanned by the scanner on the sheet P is constituted by the structure from the photoconductive drum 20 to the discharge port 44 .
- the control panel 3 has a start key 3 a, a ten key pad 3 b, a copy key 3 c, a scan key 3 d, a print key 3 e, and a facsimile key 3 f and also has a liquid crystal screen 3 g of a touch panel type as a display section.
- FIG. 4 An overall control circuit is shown in FIG. 4 .
- a RAM 51 , a ROM 52 , a hard disk drive 53 , a panel control unit 54 , a copy control unit 55 , a scanner control unit 56 , a printer control unit 57 , a facsimile (FAX) control unit 58 , and a network control unit 59 are connected to a CPU 50 .
- the RAM 51 is a memory for storage of various data.
- Various controls programs necessary for operations of the main body 1 are stored in the ROM 52 .
- Image data scanned in the main body 1 , image data transferred from an external apparatus, and the like are stored in the hard disk drive 53 .
- the panel control unit 54 controls the control panel 3 .
- the copy control unit 55 controls a normal copy function employing a scanner 60 and a printer 61 .
- the scanner control unit 56 controls a scan function employing the scanner 60 (a scan-to-box function, a scan-to-file function, and a scan-to-E-mail function).
- the printer control unit 57 controls a network print function employing the printer 61 .
- the facsimile control unit 58 controls a facsimile function employing the printer 61 .
- the network control unit 59 controls data transmission and reception between the main body 1 and the external apparatus via a network interface 62 .
- the network interface 62 includes a LAN board, a FAX mode, and the like and is connected to personal computers 71 and 72 , a facsimile apparatus 73 , another image forming apparatus 74 , and the like as external apparatuses via an external communication line 70 .
- the CPU 50 includes a first control section and a second control section.
- the first control section starts, when a print job for printing an image on the sheet P occurs, the print job.
- the second section determines, when the sheet P is jammed after the start of the print job, whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set, resumes, when a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job after the jam is released, and stops the print job when the determination result is negative.
- step 101 When a print job such as copy, network print, or facsimile reception occurs (YES in step 101 ), the print job is started (step 102 ).
- step 104 it is determined whether the automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set. A user can freely set the automatic resumption mode according to touch operation of a liquid crystal display screen 3 g of the control panel 3 .
- step 104 When a determination result in step 104 is affirmative (YES in step 104 ), i.e., the automatic resumption mode is set, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 105 ), the print job is resumed (step 106 ).
- step 104 determines whether it is possible to stop the print job (step 107 ). It is possible to stop the print jobs such as copy and network print but it is impossible to stop the print jobs such as facsimile reception.
- step 107 When a determination result in step 107 is negative (NO in step 107 ), i.e., when it is impossible to stop the print job, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 105 ), the print job is resumed (step 106 ).
- step 107 When the determination result in step 107 is affirmative (YES in step 107 ), i.e., when it is possible to stop the print job, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 108 ), as shown in FIG. 3 , a word “stop print?” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 3 g of the control panel 3 as an inquiry about whether the print job should be stopped (step 109 ). A “YES” button for designating that the print is stopped and “NO” button for designating that the print is not stopped are also displayed on this liquid crystal display screen 3 g.
- step 110 When the user touches the “YES” button (YES in step 110 ), the print job is stopped (step 111 ). According to this stop, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the other sheets P are repeatedly jammed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent wasteful consumption of the sheets P and the developing agent.
- a word “transfer?” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 3 g of the control panel 3 as an inquiry about whether the print job should be transferred to the external apparatus (step 113 ).
- a “YES” button for designating that the print job is transferred and a “NO” button for designating that the print job is not transferred are also displayed on this liquid crystal display screen 3 g.
- the print job is transferred to the external apparatus, for example, another image forming apparatus (step 115 ).
- the print job transferred is executed in the image forming apparatus 74 .
- step 106 When the user touches the “NO” button (NO in step 114 and YES in step 116 ), the print job is resumed (step 106 ).
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Abstract
When a sheet P is jammed after start of a print job, it is determined whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set. When a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job is resumed after the jam is released. When the determination result is negative, the print job is stopped.
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- This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 13/102,205 filed May 6, 2007, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 11/688,534 filed Mar. 20, 2007, the entire contents of both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that prints an image on a sheet and a control method of the image forming apparatus.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- An image forming apparatus forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an image scanned from an original or an image inputted from the outside on a surface of a photoconductive drum, develops the electrostatic latent image with a developing agent to visualize the image, and transfers the visible image onto a sheet. Sheets are stored in a cassette, taken out one by one, and conveyed to the photoconductive drum. The sheet having the visible image transferred thereon is conveyed to a fixing unit. The fixing unit fixes the visible image transferred on the sheet with heat. This sheet subjected to the fixing is discharged to the outside of a main body. In this way, the image on the original or the image inputted from the outside is printed on the sheet.
- During execution of such print, a sheet being conveyed may be jammed. When a jam occurs, naturally, the print is suspended. When the jam of the sheet is released by a user, the print is resumed automatically.
- However, since a fundamental cause of the jam is not solved, for example, when a cause of the jam is a mechanical failure, even if the jam is released by the user, a jam occurs again. When jams are repeated in this way, several sheets and the developing agent are wasted.
- It is an object of an aspect of the invention to provide an image forming apparatus that can prevent a situation in which sheets are repeatedly jammed and a control method of the image forming apparatus.
- An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a first control section that starts, when a print job for printing an image on a sheet occurs, the print job; and a second control section that determines, when the sheet is jammed after the start of the print job, whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set, resumes, when a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job after the jam is released, and stops the print job when the determination result is negative.
- Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out hereinafter.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate presently preferred embodiments of the invention, and together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an embodiment; -
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of the inside of a main body of the embodiment; -
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure and an example of display of a control panel of the embodiment; -
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the embodiment; -
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining actions of the first embodiment; and -
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the display of the control panel of the embodiment. - An embodiment of the invention will be hereinafter explained with reference to the drawings.
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FIGS. 1 and 2 , anoriginal stand 2 and acontrol panel 3 are provided in an upper part of amain body 1 of an image forming apparatus. An automatic document feeder (ADF) 4 is provided on theoriginal stand 2 to be opened and closed freely. Acarriage 10 is provided on a lower surface side of theoriginal stand 2. Anexposure lamp 11 is provided in thecarriage 10. Thecarriage 10 can reciprocatingly move along the lower surface of theoriginal stand 2. Theexposure lamp 11 is lit while thecarriage 10 is reciprocatingly moving, whereby an original set on theoriginal stand 2 is exposed to light. - According to this exposure, a reflected light image of the original set on the
original stand 2 is obtained. The reflected light image is projected on a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 16 by reflectingmirrors lens block 15. TheCCD 16 outputs a signal of a voltage level corresponding to a light reception amount. - A scanner that optically scans the original set on the
original stand 2 is constituted by thecarriage 10, theexposure lamp 11, the reflectingmirrors lens block 15, theCCD 16, and the like. - After an image signal outputted from the
CCD 10 is amplified and subjected to image processing, the image signal is supplied to alaser unit 27. Thelaser unit 27 emits a laser beam B corresponding to the input signal. - A
photoconductive drum 20 is provided to rotate freely in substantially the center in themain body 1. Acharging unit 21, a developingunit 22, a transferringunit 23, apeeling unit 24, acleaner 25, and acharge removing unit 26 are disposed in order around thisphotoconductive drum 20. The laser beam B emitted from thelaser unit 27 is irradiated on the surface of thephotoconductive drum 20. -
Plural cassettes 30 are provided at the bottom in themain body 1. A large number of sheets P of sizes different from one another are stored in thesecassettes 30. The sheets P are taken out one by one from any one of thesecassettes 30. As a roller for taking out the sheets P, apickup roller 31 is provided in each of thecassettes 30. The sheets P taken out are separated from thecassette 30 by aseparation roller 32, respectively, and sent toregistration rollers 33. Theregistration rollers 33 deliver the sheet P to a space between thephotoconductive drum 20 and the transferringunit 23 at timing set taking into account rotation of thephotoconductive drum 20. - The
charging unit 21 applies a high voltage to thephotoconductive drum 20 to charge the surface of thephotoconductive drum 20 with electrostatic charges. The laser beam B emitted from thelaser unit 27 is irradiated on the surface of thephotoconductive drum 20 subjected to this charging. An electrostatic latent image corresponding to the image scanned by the scanner is formed on the surface of thephotoconductive drum 20 by this irradiation. - The electrostatic latent image formed on the
photoconductive drum 20 is visualized by a developing agent (a toner) supplied from the developingunit 22. This visible image is transferred onto the sheet P by the transferringunit 23. The sheet P subjected to the transfer is peeled from thephotoconductive drum 20 by thepeeling unit 24. The developing agent and the charges remain on the surface of thephotoconductive drum 20 from which the sheet P is peeled. The remaining developing agent is removed by thecleaner 25. The remaining charges are removed by the chare removing unit 28. - The sheet P peeled from the
photoconductive drum 20 is sent to a fixingunit 42 by aconveyor belt 41. The fixingunit 42 fixes the visible image transferred onto the sheet P with heat. The sheet P subjected to the fixing is discharged to thesheet discharging unit 6 through adischarge port 44 by asheet discharging roller 43. - A printer that prints the image scanned by the scanner on the sheet P is constituted by the structure from the
photoconductive drum 20 to thedischarge port 44. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , thecontrol panel 3 has a start key 3 a, a tenkey pad 3 b, acopy key 3 c, ascan key 3 d, aprint key 3 e, and afacsimile key 3 f and also has aliquid crystal screen 3 g of a touch panel type as a display section. - An overall control circuit is shown in
FIG. 4 . - A
RAM 51, aROM 52, ahard disk drive 53, apanel control unit 54, acopy control unit 55, ascanner control unit 56, aprinter control unit 57, a facsimile (FAX)control unit 58, and anetwork control unit 59 are connected to aCPU 50. - The
RAM 51 is a memory for storage of various data. Various controls programs necessary for operations of themain body 1 are stored in theROM 52. Image data scanned in themain body 1, image data transferred from an external apparatus, and the like are stored in thehard disk drive 53. - The
panel control unit 54 controls thecontrol panel 3. Thecopy control unit 55 controls a normal copy function employing ascanner 60 and aprinter 61. Thescanner control unit 56 controls a scan function employing the scanner 60 (a scan-to-box function, a scan-to-file function, and a scan-to-E-mail function). Theprinter control unit 57 controls a network print function employing theprinter 61. Thefacsimile control unit 58 controls a facsimile function employing theprinter 61. - The
network control unit 59 controls data transmission and reception between themain body 1 and the external apparatus via anetwork interface 62. Thenetwork interface 62 includes a LAN board, a FAX mode, and the like and is connected topersonal computers facsimile apparatus 73, anotherimage forming apparatus 74, and the like as external apparatuses via anexternal communication line 70. - The
CPU 50 includes a first control section and a second control section. The first control section starts, when a print job for printing an image on the sheet P occurs, the print job. The second section determines, when the sheet P is jammed after the start of the print job, whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set, resumes, when a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job after the jam is released, and stops the print job when the determination result is negative. - Actions will be explained with reference to a flowchart in
FIG. 5 . - When a print job such as copy, network print, or facsimile reception occurs (YES in step 101), the print job is started (step 102).
- When the sheet P is jammed after the start of this print job (YES in step 103), it is determined whether the automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set (step 104). A user can freely set the automatic resumption mode according to touch operation of a liquid
crystal display screen 3 g of thecontrol panel 3. - When a determination result in
step 104 is affirmative (YES in step 104), i.e., the automatic resumption mode is set, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 105), the print job is resumed (step 106). - However, when the determination result in
step 104 is negative (NO in step 104), i.e., the automatic resumption mode is not set (or a user selection mode is set), it is determined whether it is possible to stop the print job (step 107). It is possible to stop the print jobs such as copy and network print but it is impossible to stop the print jobs such as facsimile reception. - When a determination result in
step 107 is negative (NO in step 107), i.e., when it is impossible to stop the print job, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 105), the print job is resumed (step 106). - When the determination result in
step 107 is affirmative (YES in step 107), i.e., when it is possible to stop the print job, after the jam of the sheet P is released by the user (YES in step 108), as shown inFIG. 3 , a word “stop print?” is displayed on the liquidcrystal display screen 3 g of thecontrol panel 3 as an inquiry about whether the print job should be stopped (step 109). A “YES” button for designating that the print is stopped and “NO” button for designating that the print is not stopped are also displayed on this liquidcrystal display screen 3 g. - When the user touches the “YES” button (YES in step 110), the print job is stopped (step 111). According to this stop, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the other sheets P are repeatedly jammed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent wasteful consumption of the sheets P and the developing agent.
- When the user touches the “NO” button (NO in
step 110 and YES in step 112), as shown inFIG. 6 , a word “transfer?” is displayed on the liquidcrystal display screen 3 g of thecontrol panel 3 as an inquiry about whether the print job should be transferred to the external apparatus (step 113). A “YES” button for designating that the print job is transferred and a “NO” button for designating that the print job is not transferred are also displayed on this liquidcrystal display screen 3 g. - When the user touches the “YES” button (YES in step 114), the print job is transferred to the external apparatus, for example, another image forming apparatus (step 115). The print job transferred is executed in the
image forming apparatus 74. - When the user touches the “NO” button (NO in
step 114 and YES in step 116), the print job is resumed (step 106). - Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a cassette which stores a sheet;
a display;
a printer which forms an image on the sheet conveyed from the cassette; and
a controller which starts a print job for forming the image on the sheet, resumes the print job after a jammed sheet is released from the printer if the automatic resumption mode is set, and transfers the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the controller transfers the print job to an external apparatus without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the controller determines whether it is possible to stop the print job if the automatic resumption mode is not set and resumes the print job after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is not possible to stop.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein
the controller stops the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is possible to stop and a user sets to stop the print job on the display.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the display is a liquid crystal display screen of a touch panel type having an operation function for the setting.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a control panel having the liquid crystal display screen.
7. A control method of an image forming apparatus including a cassette which stores a sheet, a display, a printer which forms an image on the sheet conveyed from the cassette, the control method comprising:
starting a print job for forming the image on the sheet,
resuming the print job after a jammed sheet is released from the printer if the automatic resumption mode is set, and
transferring the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
8. The control method of claim 7 , wherein
the transferring transfers the print job to an external apparatus without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
9. The control method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining whether it is possible to stop the print job if the automatic resumption mode is not set, and
resuming the print job after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is not possible to stop.
10. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising:
stopping the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is possible to stop and a user sets to stop the print job on the display.
11. The control method of claim 7 , the display is a liquid crystal display screen of a touch panel type having an operation function for the setting.
12. The control method of claim 11 , further comprising a control panel having the liquid crystal display screen.
13. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a cassette for storing a sheet;
a display;
a printer forming an image on the sheet conveyed from the cassette; and
a control means for starting a print job for forming the image on the sheet, for resuming the print job after a jammed sheet is released from the printer if the automatic resumption mode is set, and for transferring the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein
the control means transfers the print job to an external apparatus without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if a user sets to transfer the print job on the display.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein
the control means determines whether it is possible to stop the print job if the automatic resumption mode is not set and resumes the print job after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is not possible to stop.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein
the control means stops the print job without the automatic resumption mode after the jammed sheet is released from the printer if the print job is possible to stop and a user sets to stop the print job on the display.
17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein
the display is a liquid crystal display screen of a touch panel type having an operation function for the setting.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising a control panel having the liquid crystal display screen.
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