JPH0468369A - Copying machine with sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To house copied sheet in bins in a sorter in order of page number by providing a reading means to read the page number of an original and a control means housing the copied sheet in the bin corresponding to the page number of the sorter part. CONSTITUTION:When the original is placed on a copying part 10 and a copying operation is started, that original is copied onto the sheet and the page number written on that original is read by the page number reading means 16 at the copying part 10, and the sheet copied at the copying part 10 is housed in the bin 22 corresponding to the page number of the original in the sorter part 12 by the control means 15. Thus, even when the original is not aligned in order of page number, the copied sheets can be housed in each bin 22 in the order of pages in the sorter part 12.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] of The present invention relates to a copying machine equipped with a sorter.

When a sorter is connected to a copying machine and set to group mode to make n copies of m originals, each of the m pins of the sorter will hold n copies of one original. copy paper is stored.

In addition, if you attach an automatic document feeder (ADF) to a copying machine and set multiple originals in the ADF, the ADF will feed the set originals one by one onto the contact glass (original reading section) of the copying machine. , and automatically copies those multiple manuscripts one after another.

When you use the ADF to automatically copy multiple sheets of paper in group mode, the preset number of sheets of copied paper are placed in each pin of the sorter in the order in which they were copied (usually from top to bottom). ) will be stored away.

Therefore, when a stack of originals whose pages are not stacked in the correct order is set in the ADF, the stack of copied copies will also be stored in the same order on the plurality of pins of the sorter. That is, if you want to finally store a stack of copy papers in the order of the page numbers on the pins in the sorter, it is necessary to properly rearrange the originals into pages before setting them in the ADF.

The present invention improves on this point and includes a sorter that has the function of storing copy paper (sheets) copied by a copying machine in the order of page numbers on the pins of the sorter without having to arrange the pages of the original in numerical order in advance. The purpose is to provide copying machines.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a copying machine with a sorter that includes a copying section that copies a document onto a sheet and a sorter section that separately stores the copied sheets. , comprising a page number reading means for reading the page number of the document, and a control means for storing the sheet copied in the copying section into the pin corresponding to the page number of the sorter section based on the read page number. do.

When a document is placed in the copying section and a copying operation is started, the copying section copies the document onto a sheet and reads the page number written on the document using the page number reading means. The control means stores the sheet copied by the copying section into the pin corresponding to the page number of the document in the sorter section. Normally, the pages are stored in order from the top pin to the bottom pin, but they may be placed from the bottom to the top, every other pin, etc. depending on the purpose.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the copying machine with a sorter according to this embodiment. The copying machine main body 10 is equipped with an automatic document feeder (A.D.F.
) 11 is provided, and ADFII document feeding operation,
The copying operation of the copying machine main body 10 and the sorting operation of the sorter 12 are all controlled by a microcomputer control device 15 provided inside the copying machine 10.

The procedure for group mode copying of documents in order of page numbers, which is performed by the control device 15, will be explained with reference to FIG. A manuscript with multiple page numbers is A D F 1
1, the selection of this mode and the number of copies (set number) are input, and the copy start button is pressed, the first
The routine shown in the figure is executed.

At this time, although consecutive page numbers are stamped on each original, it is assumed that the originals are not necessarily arranged in the order of page numbers in the bundle of originals set in the ADFII.

First, in step #10, one original is fed from the ADF II onto the contact glass of the copying machine 10. Next, in step #12, the document reading device 16 of the copying machine main body 10 scans the surface of the document to read the page number written thereon.

The page number can be read, for example, in the following manner. As shown in FIG. 3, predetermined locations on the surface of the document (for example, the margins between the upper part 32 and the lower part 34, or more specifically, the upper center 38, the left and right 3
6.40), and the document reading device 16 reads only that location. The image data created by the document reading device 16 is sent to the control device 15, where it separates the image of each character from the overall image, and uses a well-known pattern recognition method to match each character with one of the numbers O to 9. Recognize whether or not to do so. When there are two or more numbers, they are interpreted as decimal notation, and the page value is recognized by carry processing. The predetermined position may be input in advance by the operator by looking at the position where the page number of the manuscript is stamped.

The read page number is assigned to variable M and stored. Thereafter, in step #14, the Mth pin 22 of the sorter 12 is designated and a command signal is issued to the sorter 12 so that the copy paper is stored there.

Then, in step #16, copies of the original are made for the set number of copies. The copied copy paper is sent to the sorter 12 in order.
However, by the process of step #14, all of them are stored in the M-th pin 22. When the copying of the set number of sheets of the original is completed, it is checked in step #18 whether or not the original is the last original in the ADFII. If there are still originals left in the ADFII, step # Returning to step #10, the next original is fed onto the contact glass and steps #10 to #18 are repeated. By repeating steps #10 to #18, each pin 22 of the Shiba sorter 12 stores a set number of copy sheets in the order of page numbers of the original from the top.

As explained above, according to the present invention, even if the originals are not arranged according to the page numbers, the copied sheets are stored in each pin in the order of the page numbers in the sorter unit. Therefore, as long as the page numbers are stamped on the originals, the operator does not need to rearrange the originals in advance, which relieves the operator of troublesome operations and reduces the time required for rearranging.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of processing performed in an embodiment of the present invention, No. 21s is a schematic configuration diagram of a copying machine with an intermediate sorter according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the position for reading page numbers of a document.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a copying machine with a sorter, which is equipped with a copying section for copying originals onto sheets, and a sorter section for storing the copied sheets separately, the copying section includes a page number reading means for reading the page number of the original; A copying machine with a sorter, comprising: a control means for storing sheets copied in a copying section into pins corresponding to the page numbers of a sorter section, based on the read page number.