Patent ID: 8441658
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing device for printing on an image-receiving sheet, said printing device comprising: an output unit configured to output printed image-receiving sheets to a finishing device for further processing of the printed image-receiving member when the finishing device is arranged at the printing device; an interface configured to connect to the finishing device, said interface being arranged for receiving an error signal from the finishing device when the finishing device is connected to the interface; a communication unit configured to output an error message to a user of the printing device; and a control unit configured to control, when an error signal is received from the finishing device via the interface, a finisher error recovery procedure, wherein an error message is output to the user of the printing device by means of the communication unit, said error message containing the information that a number N of image-receiving sheets shall be removed from the finishing device, and the number N of the last printed image-receiving sheets are printed again, wherein the number N is a fixed number, and is pre-configured in the control unit, independently of the error signal received from the finishing device, before operations of the printing device and the finishing device; wherein the number N is greater than 1, wherein the number N is predetermined according to a characteristic of the finishing device, and is independent of a current printing job.