H04N1/00697

ADF With Automated Tray Extenders For Legal Media Are Automatically Covered/Uncovered Triggered By Sensors

An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder, at least one media tray to one of supply the media to the media path and receive the media from the media path, and an automated media tray extender at an end of the media tray, the automated media tray extender to be positioned based on a presence of the media in the media tray.

Video display of a printing device output tray

Systems and methods for displaying video of an output tray of a printing device are provided. An example method may include a sensor of a printing device detecting motion of a user in an output tray of the printing device. In response to the detected motion, the method may also include activating a video camera of the printing device, wherein the video camera is configured to capture at least an area of the output tray encompassing a reproduced document. Still further, the method may include a display of the printing device displaying live video of the area of the output tray while a user manipulates and retrieves a reproduced document.

GUIDE ELEMENT FOR PAPER ALIGNMENT

An image scanning apparatus includes an image sensor to scan a manuscript, a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move the manuscript to a manuscript transfer path, and a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor. The loading apparatus includes a discharge tray to hold a discharged manuscript and a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript.

Image forming apparatus executing a job based on a job request and logout method
09762751 · 2017-09-12 · ·

An image forming apparatus includes: a tray on which at least one sheet is loaded; a sensor and a controller. The sensor measures overall weight of the sheet loaded on the tray. The controller calculates decrement from the overall weight measured by the sensor upon completion of a job. The controller calculates total weight of the sheet loaded on the tray through execution of the job. The controller executes a logout process based on the decrement and the total weight.

Image forming apparatus
11363152 · 2022-06-14 · ·

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of trays on which insert sheets are to be stacked; a setting unit configured to set, when an insert sheet is not stacked on a first tray specified by a print job among the plurality of trays, to perform an automatic feed changeover for feeding an insert sheet from a second tray on which the insert sheet is stacked among the plurality of trays; and a controller configured to disable, even when it is set to perform the automatic feed changeover, the automatic feed changeover when an insert sheet is not stacked on the first tray at a time of feeding a first insert sheet from a start of the print job.

Guide element for paper alignment

An image scanning apparatus includes an image sensor to scan a manuscript, a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move the manuscript to a manuscript transfer path, and a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor. The loading apparatus includes a discharge tray to hold a discharged manuscript and a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript.

Image forming apparatus with a common output scanner output path and printer output path, wherein the output scanned sheet is in a position different from the printed page in the same common output area
11323587 · 2022-05-03 · ·

An image forming apparatus includes an image scanning device, a printing device, an output tray, and a controller. The image scanning device scans a document image sheet by sheet from a document including plural sheets. The output tray is as an output destination of both the document outputted from the image scanning device and a print sheet outputted from the printing device. The controller is configured to perform a copy operation and causes the printing device to print an image based on the document image in the copy operation. Further, the printing device includes an outlet of the print sheet; and the image scanning device includes an outlet of the document, the outlet of the document outputting the document such that edges of the document and the print sheet in a width direction of the output tray are arranged at positions different from each other.

Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an output unit, a light source, and a processor. The image forming unit creates a printed material by forming an image on paper. The output unit outputs the printed material to an output tray. The light source is provided such that lit light is viewable from outside the image forming apparatus. The processor is configured to receive a print job for creating the printed material by the image forming unit, and perform control such that the light source is lit in a first lighting pattern in a case where a printed material of a print job for a single user has been output to the output tray and the light source is lit in a second lighting pattern in a case where printed materials of print jobs for multiple users have been output to the output tray.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method configured to perform setting a state of a document to already read or unread based on the printing of pages of an accumulated document in storage
11659127 · 2023-05-23 · ·

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: accumulate a document received by FAX in a storage; control output of the accumulated document based on an operation of a user; and set a state of the document to unread in response to the document being accumulated in the storage, and set the state of the document to already read on condition that output of all pages of the document is completed.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system and control method

The information processing apparatus includes a display. The information processing apparatus accepts user operations via a GUI (graphical user interface) displayed on the display. When the service ends, the forgotten item notification screen is displayed on the display. In the forgotten item notification screen, a forgotten item reminder unit is provided for reminding a user who left behind a reminder target item, including the property of the user used in connection with the service. An individual reminder section is provided in a forgotten item reminder unit, to give an individual reminder to prevent the occurrence of leaving behind of each reminder target item, for a first-type item for which retrieval cannot be detected and a second-type item for which retrieval can be detected but which has not been retrieved, from among the reminder target items.