| US 7,595,912 B2 | ||
| Image forming system and method | ||
| Atsuya Takahashi, Mishima (Japan); Akihiro Nakamura, Mishima (Japan); Kaoru Sato, Minamiashigara (Japan); Kazuhisa Maruyama, Sagamihara (Japan); and Ryuichi Yoshizawa, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabusihiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/429,209. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-141210 (JP), filed on May 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0256393 A1, Nov. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—404 [358/496; 399/19; 399/20] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An image forming system including a feed unit for supplying a recording medium, and an image forming unit for forming an
image on the recording medium, said image forming system comprising:
a recording medium detecting section for detecting the recording medium which stays in a conveying path of said feed unit;
an instructing section for instructing said feed unit and said image forming unit to start operation to eject the recording
medium which is detected with said recording medium detecting section;
an image forming control section for causing said image forming unit to start recording medium conveyance operation in response
to an operation start instruction by said instructing section; and
a feeding control section for causing said feed unit to start recording medium conveyance operation in response to the operation
start instruction by said instructing section, and for transmitting an operation completion signal of said feed unit to said
instructing section when the conveyance operation has been completed,
wherein said instructing section transmits the operation completion signal to said image forming control section, and
said image forming control section detects a transportation state of the recording medium in response to the operation completion
signal and decides whether the recording medium conveyance operation of said image forming unit was completed based on the
transportation state of the recording medium.
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