Patent ID: 6161476
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A stencil printer system comprisinga stencil printer unit including a master making means for making a stencil master on the basis of an image read out from an original, a printing means for winding the stencil master around a printing drum and making copies of the original by transferring ink to printing sheets through the stencil master, an original conveyor means for conveying originals placed in a predetermined position to the mater making means one by one and discharging each of the originals from the master making means after the image thereon is read out, and an original detecting means for detecting whether an original exists in the predetermined position,a post handling unit including a sorting means for distributing the copies of the originals discharged from the stencil printer unit to a plurality of bins and forming a stack of the copies in each bin and a stapling means for stapling the stack of the copies in each bin,a first mode setting means manually operable for setting the stencil printer unit to a continuous printing mode in which the stencil printer unit repeats making a stencil mater on the basis of an image read out from an original and printing copies of the original for a plurality of originals placed in the predetermined position,a second mode setting means manually operable for setting the post handling means to one of a stapling mode for effecting stapling the stack of the copies in each bin and a non-stapling mode for not effecting stapling the stack of the copies, anda control means for automatically causing the first mode setting means to set the stencil printer unit to the continuous printing mode in response to the second mode setting means being operated to set the post handling means to the stapling mode.