Medium processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12214985-B2
Application number	US-202117322858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2021
Priority date	Oct 1, 2020
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

A medium processing apparatus includes a first medium support portion that supports a printing medium bundle consisting of printed media on which printing has been performed and an insertion medium inserted between the printed media, a second medium support portion that supports an insertion medium bundle including plural insertion media, and a supply unit that supplies a corresponding insertion medium from the insertion medium bundle to a place where the insertion medium is missing in the printing medium bundle and does not supply an insertion medium corresponding to the insertion medium included in the printing medium bundle among the insertion media included in the insertion medium bundle to the printing medium bundle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium processing apparatus comprising:
a first medium support tray that supports a printing medium bundle consisting of printed media on which printing has been performed and an insertion medium inserted between the printed media after a print job has been completed;
a second medium support tray supports an insertion medium bundle consisting of a plurality of the insertion media; and
a supply unit including a processor configured to supply a corresponding insertion medium from the insertion medium bundle to a place where the insertion medium is missing in the printing medium bundle and does not supply an insertion medium corresponding to the insertion medium included in the printing medium bundle among the insertion media included in the insertion medium bundle to the printing medium bundle.

2. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the insertion medium that is not supplied to the printing medium bundle is conveyed from the second medium support tray to a place different from the printing medium bundle.

3. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein in a case where each of the media included in the printing medium bundle is conveyed from the first medium support tray to a first conveyance destination, the corresponding insertion medium is supplied to the place where the insertion medium is missing, and
the insertion medium that is not supplied to the printing medium bundle is conveyed from the second medium support tray to a second conveyance destination different from the first conveyance destination.

4. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the insertion medium remaining in the second medium support tray after the insertion medium is supplied to the place where the insertion medium is missing is maintained in a state of being supported by the second medium support tray without being conveyed to a place other than the second medium support tray until a predetermined condition is satisfied.

5. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the insertion medium remaining in the second medium support tray is maintained in a state of being supported by the second medium support tray without being conveyed to a place other than the second medium support tray at least until information about a printing medium bundle newly supported by the first medium support tray is obtained.

6. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first medium support tray is configured to support a plurality of the printing medium bundles, and
the process is further configured to supply the insertion medium to a first part of the printing medium bundle from the insertion medium bundle supported by the second medium support tray, and then supplies the insertion medium remaining in the second medium support tray to a second part of the printing medium bundle.

7. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein in a case where an insertion medium corresponding to the insertion medium missing in the second part of the printing medium bundle is included in the insertion medium remaining in the second medium support tray, the process is further configured to supply the corresponding insertion medium included in the remaining insertion medium to the second part of the printing medium bundle.

8. An information processing apparatus that processes information about a medium, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to
output information about an arrangement order of an insertion medium that is missing from a printing medium bundle consisting of printed media on which printing has been performed and the insertion medium inserted between the printed media after a print job has been completed.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein a corresponding medium, which is an insertion medium corresponding to the missing insertion medium, is set in a medium support tray, and the corresponding medium is supplied to the printing medium bundle from the medium support tray, and
the processor is configured to:
output information about an arrangement order of the corresponding medium in a case where a user sets the corresponding medium in the medium support tray.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
output information about the arrangement order of the corresponding medium in a case where the user sets the corresponding medium in the medium support tray and information about each color of the corresponding medium.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the corresponding medium is taken out by the user from a corresponding medium bundle in which corresponding media are bundled and then supplied to the printing medium bundle, and
the processor is configured to:
output the information about the arrangement order of the corresponding medium in a case where a position of the corresponding medium, which is taken out from the corresponding medium bundle by the user, in the corresponding medium bundle satisfies a predetermined condition.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the corresponding medium is taken out by the user from a corresponding medium bundle in which corresponding media are bundled and then supplied to the printing medium bundle, and
the processor is configured to:
output the information about the arrangement order of the corresponding medium in a case where the number of the corresponding media taken out from the corresponding medium bundle by the user is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program executed by a computer provided in an information processing apparatus that processes information about a medium, the program causing the computer to realize a function of
outputting information about an arrangement order of an insertion medium that is missing from a printing medium bundle consisting of printed media on which printing has been performed and the insertion medium inserted between the printed media after a print job has been completed.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Komazawa Hisao

Classifications

• B41J13/0009

  control of the transport of the copy material · CPC title

• B65H2801/06

  Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers · CPC title

• B65H2701/11132

  tabbed sheet · CPC title

• B65H39/05

  by collecting in superposed carriers · CPC title

• B65H39/042 Primary

  the piles being disposed in superposed carriers · CPC title