Image forming apparatus having function of printing on index sheet, image forming system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9405259-B2
Application number	US-201414495105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a printing processing unit, a paper jam detection unit, and an operation display unit. The printing processing unit performs printing on a plurality of index sheets having index labels in different positions. The paper jam detection unit detects a paper jam in the plurality of index sheets. The operation display unit displays, when the paper jam is detected, a paper jam handling pattern selection screen for selecting a paper jam handling pattern of the printing processing unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus connected to a network, and
a client apparatus connected to the network,
the image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing processing unit configured to print on a plurality of index sheets having index labels in different positions;
a paper jam detection unit configured to detect a paper jam in the plurality of index sheets; and
the client apparatus comprising:
an operation display unit configured to display, when the paper jam is detected, a paper jam handling pattern selection screen for selecting a paper jam handling pattern of the printing processing unit,
wherein the paper jam handling pattern includes:
a first paper jam handling pattern to resume from the printing of an added index sheet having the same index label position as the index label position of an index sheet that has caused the paper jam;
a second paper jam handling pattern to resume from the printing of an index sheet subsequent to the index sheet that has caused the paper jam; and
a third paper jam handling pattern to cancel the printing.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the operation display unit is configured to display an index sheet setting screen and an index label setting screen.

3. The image forming system according to claim 2 , wherein a print instruction unit is configured to transmit printing request data to the image forming apparatus, the printing request data including index sheet information from the index sheet setting screen, index label information from the index label setting screen, and the paper jam handling pattern from the paper jam handling pattern selection screen.

4. The image forming system according to claim 3 , wherein the printing processing unit is configured to transmit to the client apparatus, when the paper jam detection unit detects a paper jam occurrence, display request data on a display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern included in the printing request data.

5. The image forming system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the operation display unit is configured to display, when the client apparatus receives the display request data, the display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern, and
the print instruction unit is configured to transmit to the image forming apparatus, when a confirmation button displayed on the display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern is pressed, screen response data on confirmation.

6. The image forming system according to claim 5 , wherein the printing processing unit is configured to perform, when receiving the screen response data, printing process corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern included in the printing request data.

7. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein the operation display unit is configured to display a position in sequence of the index sheet that has caused the paper jam.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a printer driver, the printer driver causing a computer of a client apparatus to function as:
a print instruction unit configured to instruct an image forming apparatus connected to the client apparatus via a network to perform printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes:
a printing processing unit configured to print on a plurality of index sheets having index labels in different positions; and
a paper jam detection unit configured to detect a paper jam in the plurality of index sheets; and
a screen display unit configured to display a paper jam handling pattern selection screen for selecting a paper jam handling pattern of the printing processing unit, on an operation display unit of the client apparatus,
wherein the paper jam handling pattern includes:
a first paper jam handling pattern to resume from the printing of an added index sheet having the same index label position as the index label position of an index sheet that has caused the paper jam;
a second paper jam handling pattern to resume from the printing of an index sheet subsequent to the index sheet that has caused the paper jam; and
a third paper jam handling pattern to cancel the printing.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the screen display unit is configured to display an index sheet setting screen and an index label setting screen on the operation display unit.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 9 , wherein the print instruction unit is configured to transmit printing request data to the image forming apparatus, the printing request data comprising index sheet information from the index sheet setting screen, index label information from the index label setting screen, and the paper jam handling pattern from the paper jam handling pattern selection screen.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10 , wherein the client apparatus is configured to receive from the printing processing unit, when the paper jam detection unit detects a paper jam occurrence, display request data on a display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern included in the printing request data.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11 ,
wherein the screen display unit is configured to display, when the client apparatus receives the display request data, the display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern on the operation display unit; and
the print instruction unit is configured to transmit to the image forming apparatus, when a confirmation button displayed on the display screen corresponding to the paper jam handling pattern is pressed, screen response data on confirmation.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the screen display unit is configured to display a position in sequence of the index sheet that has caused the paper jam on the operation display unit.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Kitamoto Daijiro

Classifications

• G03G15/70 Primary

  Detecting malfunctions relating to paper handling, e.g. jams · CPC title

• G03G2215/00523

  Other special types, e.g. tabbed · CPC title

• G03G15/502 Primary

  relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens · CPC title

• G03G15/5016

  User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console · CPC title

• G03G15/6588

  characterised by the copy material, e.g. postcards, large copies, multi-layered materials, coloured sheet material · CPC title