IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SETTING VALUE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: NAKAMURA YASUKIYO, NAKAMURA SHOGO, OCHIAI HIROTO, AKAIKE TAMAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.09.2019
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To reduce the time from turn-on of power or returning from an energy-saving state to the start of preparation for image formation.SOLUTION: The present invention is an image forming apparatus that is connected to a post-processing device that executes post-processing on a sheet on which an image is formed, comprises an instruction receiving unit that receives image formation instruction information from a controller, and an image forming unit that, upon receiving the image formation instruction information, forms an image on a sheet on the basis of the image formation instruction information, and ejects the sheet on which the image is formed to the post-processing device. The image forming apparatus comprises: a post-processing information determination unit that, at turn-on of power or returning from an energy-saving state, determines a post-processing function necessary for the post-processing device; a setting value information extraction unit that extracts a first setting value related to the post-processing function necessary for the post-processing device; and a setting value transmission unit that transmits the extracted first setting value to the post-processing device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】電源をオンしてから、または省エネ状態から復帰してから、画像形成の準備開始までの時間短縮を図ることを課題とする。【解決手段】本発明は、画像が形成された用紙の後処理を実行する後処理装置を接続するとともに、コントローラから画像形成指示情報を受け付ける指示受付部と、前記画像形成指示情報を受付けると、前記画像形成指示情報に基づいて用紙に画像を形成する画像形成部を備え、画像が形成された前記用紙を前記後処理装置に排出する画像形成装置であって、電源のオン時または省エネ状態からの復帰時に、前記後処理装置で必要な後処理機能を判断する後処理情報判断部と、前記後処理装置で必要な後処理機能に係る第１設定値を抽出する設定値情報抽出部と、抽出された前記第１設定値を前記後処理装置に送信する設定値送信部と、を備える。【選択図】図６