Image forming apparatus with continuous paper feeding, and image forming method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104959-B2
Application number	US-201414447759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Priority date	Jul 31, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

An image forming apparatus continuously performs primary paper feeding in which paper is transported from a paper feeding roller to a resist position roller and secondary paper feeding in which the paper is transported from the resist position roller to an ejection roller while not stopping the resist position roller. The image forming apparatus divides image data into pieces of band data, stores the pieces of band data, calculates the number of specific bands corresponding to an in-advance paper feeding timing corresponding to the paper size and the paper orientation, and outputs an in-advance paper feeding timing notice when image process is completed up to the number of specific bands.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an operation unit that provides a paper size, a paper orientation, and a print request;
a storage unit;
a print control processing unit that (i) provides a request to start loading a page responsive to the operation unit providing a paper size, a paper orientation, and a print request, (ii) provides a request to eject image data in response to an in-advance paper feeding timing notice being provided by a unit of the…

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Fukasawa Yuki

Classifications

• G06K15/1806

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K15/4065 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/6564 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03G15/6511 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K15/1894

  Physics · mapped topic