Patent ID: 8306441
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method to print a web-shaped recording medium in a digital high capacity printing system that comprises at least one digital data source and a printing apparatus connected to said at least one digital data source, comprising the steps of: transferring print data of a print job from the at least one digital data source to the printing apparatus; moving the recording medium to a transfer printing point of a transfer printing station of the printing apparatus, and there print images corresponding to the print data are transfer-printed per page onto the recording medium; transporting the recording medium over a transport area from the transfer printing point to a fusing station of the printing apparatus in which the print images are subjected to a fusing process to fuse the images on the recording medium; initiating a print stop at the printing apparatus whereby the recording medium is halted, a further transfer printing is prevented, and the fusing station is deactivated; and automatically checking whether at least one transfer-printed but unfused page is still located in the printing apparatus, wherein following actions are executed in the printing apparatus if at least one unfused page is still located in said printing apparatus automatically generating a warning notification indicating presence of said at least one unfused page and displaying the warning notification on a display device of the printing apparatus if said at least one unfused page is located in the printing apparatus, querying as to whether an operating command for the printing apparatus has been input, in the event that an operating command has been input, in a first check checking whether the at least one unfused page would also be output unfused from the printing apparatus upon execution of said operating command, if the first check yields a no, the operating command is executed, if the first check yields a yes, the print stop is automatically maintained, an apparatus-internal error state is generated, and a query is executed as to whether an additional operating command for the printing apparatus has been input, and it is also inspected in a second check as to whether the at least one unfused page would be output unfused from the printing apparatus upon execution of said additional operating command, if the second check yields a no, the additional operating command is executed, and if the second check yields a yes, an error message is automatically generated that indicates that the at least one unfused page is to be reprinted.