Patent ID: 6341904
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
A centralized control system for integrally controlling plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the image forming apparatuses each superpose an ink sheet onto an image receiving sheet and perform imagewise exposure so as to cause an image on the ink sheet to be transferred to the image receiving sheet to form an image, the control system comprising:memory means for prestoring respective exposure conditions corresponding to respective quality information of at least one of the ink sheet and image receiving sheet; control means for controlling each of the image forming apparatuses to perform image recording according to one of the exposure conditions which is prestored in the memory means and which corresponds to quality information detected by each of the image forming apparatuses, wherein the ink sheet comprises a support having thereon a light-to-heat conversion layer and an ink layer, and the image receiving sheet comprises a support having thereon a cushion layer and an image receiving layer.