Claims
- 1. A copying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of operable means for forming images on copy materials, including optical means provided in the optical path of a document image;
- first input means for entering a numerical value to obtain a desired number of copies;
- second input means for selecting one of a plurality of copy magnifications;
- means for displaying information related to copy operations such as the number of copies and the copy magnifications;
- memory means for storing the information related to copy operations; and
- control means, for operation after a discrimination is made as to whether the stopping of a copy operation is an interruption of a first copy operation, or a stop or completion of a second copy operation executed prior to said first copy operation upon interruption thereof; wherein, in the event that the stopping of the copy operation is discriminated as the interruption of the first copy operation, the information related to said first copy operation, which information has been stored in said memory means, is saved as preparation for executing said second copy operation which has a higher priority, and the information related to said second copy operation is displayed on said display means, while the position of said optical means associated with the magnification is maintained at the position associated with said first copy operation operations, until an input necessary for said second copy operation is entered; and, wherein, in the event that the stopping of the copy operation is discriminated as a stop or completion of the second copy operation, the display content on said display means is switched from the information related to he second copy operation to the information related to the first copy operation which is saved on said memory means.
- 2. A copying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of container means for storing different copy materials, and third input means for selecting one of the container means of the copy materials, wherein said control means causes the data concerned with the copy material in said first copying operation to be stored in a memory means, and said control means selects one of the container means independently from selecting the magnification by said second input means.
- 3. A copying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said third input means provides a size signal related to one of said container means.
- 4. A copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means changes the data of the first copying operation by the input operation of said first or second input means after the termination of the second copying operation but before the start of a resuming operation.
- 5. A copying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of operable means for forming images on copy materials, including optical means provided in the optical path of a document image;
- first input means for entering a numerical value to obtain a desired number of copies,
- second input means for selecting one of a plurality of copy magnifications;
- means for displaying data related to copy operations, such as the number of copies and the copy magnifications;
- memory means for storing the data related to copy operations;
- an interruption key for interrupting a first copy operation; and
- control means responsive to an input from said interruption key and successive inputs from said first input means and/or said second input means for providing control such that data related to a second copy operation is stored in an area of said memory means, which area is different from one for data related to the first copy operation, the data related to the second copy operation is displayed on said display means, said optical means is controlled, after a start instruction of the second copy operation, based on magnification data of the data related to the second copy operation stored in said memory means, and thereafter said operable means is controlled to perform the second copy operation based on the data related to the second copy operation;
- wherein said control means is adapted to provide further control such that after completion of the second copy operation the data related to the first copy operation stored in an area of said memory means, which area is different from one for data related to the second copy operation, is recalled, the display content on said display means is switched from the data related to the second copy operation to the data related to the first copy operation, said optical means is controlled, after start instruction of the first copy operation, based on magnification data of the data related to the first copy operation stored in said memory means, and thereafter said operable means is controlled to perform the first copy operation based on the data related to the first copy operation.
- 6. A copying apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a pluraliity of container means for storing different copy materials and third input means for selecting one of the container means of the copy materials, wherein said control means causes the data concerned with the copy material in said first copying operation to be stored in a memory means, and said control means selects one of the container means independently from selecting the magnification by said second input means.
- 7. A copying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means changes the data of the first copying operation by the input operation of said first or second input means after the termination of the second copying operation but before the start of a resuming operation.
- 8. A copying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means resumes the first copying operation independently of the size of said copy materials after the termination of said second copying operation, while displaying the size during the resumption.
- 9. A copying apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of container means for storing different size copy materials, wherein said control means blocks a resumption when, after the termination of said second copying operation, there are no materials of the same size as the materials in the container means used in said first copying operation.
- 10. A copying apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of container means for storing different sized copy materials, wherein when, after the termination of said second copying operation, the material in the container means used in said first copying operation differs from that for a resumption, and the same material is present in another container means, said control means causes such material to be fed from said another container means.
- 11. An apparatus according to claim 1 or 5 wherein said control means controls said display means to switch the displayed number associated with said first copy operations to "1" when an instruction for enabling said second copy operations is made.
- 12. An apparatus according to claim 1 or 15 wherein said control means controls said optical means to be set to a position for a new copy operation prior to a scanning start, after an image formation start instruction.
- 13. A copying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of container means for storing different copy materials wherein each said container means has size detecting means;
- a plurality of operable image forming means for forming images on copy materials;
- first input means for inputting a copy size data;
- second input means for inputting a copy magnification data;
- identifying means responsive to said first input means and said size detecting means for identifying which container means stores the copy material corresponding to the input copy size data; and
- control means for controlling said operable means in response to said identifying means to select a container means which stores a suitable sized copy material, to feed the copy material from the selected container means, and to form the image on the copy material with a desired copy magnification, said control means causing display means to provide an indication if there is no container which stores a suitable sized copy material, as the result of the identification by said identifying means of such fact, and said control means being responsive to said first and second input means to select the suitable container independently of the magnification input.
- 14. A copying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of container means for storing different copy materials;
- a plurality of operable means for forming images on copy materials,
- input means for selecting one of the container means;
- means for detecting a lack of copy material in the selected container means and/or a size of copy material in the selected container means;
- display means for displaying information from said input means or said detecting means; and
- control means for controlling said operable means such that during an interruption of first copy operations, second copy operations are executed, and after termination of said second copy operations said first copy operations are resumed, wherein said control means checks, based on the information from said detecting means, the size and/or lack of the copy material in the container means associated with said first copy operations prior to the resumption thereof, and causes said display means to display the checking result, and wherein a resumption of said first copy operations is permitted by said control means regardless of the checking result, upon selection of another container means with which said first copy operation is available.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 461,240 filed Jan. 26, 1983, which in turn is a continuation of Ser. No. 201,480, filed Oct. 28, 1980, both abandoned.
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