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Memory element mounting method and image forming apparatus

a technology of memory elements and mounting methods, applied in electrographic processes, instruments, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of restricted areas of commodities in which bar codes can be attached, bar codes can only provide limited amounts of information, and bar codes are vulnerable to dirt, so as to reduce the total thickness of the sheet of paper and reduce the thickness of the second layer.

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-10-20
FUJIFILM CORP +1
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The present invention provides a method for mounting a memory element on a sheet of paper and an image forming apparatus for doing so. The method involves disposing the memory element on the sheet of paper and melting the surface of the paper to integrate the memory element with the paper. This allows for easy mounting of the memory element on the sheet of paper and prevents the memory element from affecting the image formed on the sheet of paper. The method can be used in the image forming apparatus without needing any additional complicated steps. The position at which the memory element is to be disposed can be determined based on the size of the image to be formed on the sheet of paper, and the memory element can be embedded in the sheet of paper to avoid the disadvantage of the memory element being cut away when cutting the sheet of paper. The method and apparatus provide a way to efficiently use the sheet of paper and prevent the memory element from affecting the image formed on the sheet of paper.

Problems solved by technology

However, bar codes can provide only limited amounts of information.
In addition, since the bar-code information is obtained by reading the bar-code configuration, bar codes are vulnerable to dirt, and the areas of commodities in which bar codes can be attached are restricted.
However, there is a possibility that the IC label may peel off the photograph by a finger scratching the IC label when a user sees the photograph or by the photograph rubbing against another photograph, for example.
Therefore, there are problems that the IC element may be cut away when cutting the sheet of paper to the size of the print image and that the IC element is wasted if a print requires no IC element.

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[0045]FIG. 1 shows a print system according to the present invention is applied.

[0046] A print system 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a printer 100 and an acceptance device 200.

[0047] The acceptance device 200 is to accept a printout order from a user. The acceptance device 200 has a scanner 201 that optically reads a photograph image recorded on a photographic film and produces image data, a small recording medium drive 202 that reads image data, which represents an image taken with a digital camera or the like and is recorded on a small recording medium, from the small recording medium, and an image processing section 203 that receives image data from the scanner 201 or the small recording medium drive 202 and makes a correction, such as tone correction and white balance correction, on the image data. The corrected image data is transferred to the printer 100.

[0048] The printer 100 is an electrophotographic printer, which forms an electrostatic latent image, develops the latent image wit...

second embodiment

[0090]FIG. 3 shows a printer according to the present invention.

[0091] The printer according to this embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is configured substantially the same as the printer according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, except that it has an IC tag mounting section 412 instead of the IC tag mounting section 411 shown in FIG. 1.

[0092]FIG. 4 illustrates a procedure of mounting an IC tag on a sheet of paper according to a memory element mounting method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0093] First, as in the first embodiment, in an image forming section 120 shown in FIG. 3, a toner image 500 is formed on a sheet of paper 300 (as shown in part S21 of FIG. 4), and in a primary fixing section 140, the toner image 500 is fixed to the sheet of paper 300 (as shown in part S22 of FIG. 4).

[0094] Then, the sheet of paper 300 is fed to the IC tag mounting section 412. In the IC tag mounting section 412, a heater 4121 heats a portion 302A of a resin layer ...

third embodiment

[0099]FIG. 5 shows a printer according to the present invention.

[0100] The printer according to this embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is also configured substantially the same as the printer according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, except that it has an IC tag mounting section 413 instead of the IC tag mounting section 411 shown in FIG. 1.

[0101]FIG. 6 illustrates a procedure of mounting an IC tag on a sheet of paper according to a memory element mounting method according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0102] First, as in the first and second embodiments, a toner image 500 is formed on a sheet of paper 300 (as shown in part S31 of FIG. 6), and the toner image 500 is fixed to the sheet of paper 300 (as shown in part S32 of FIG. 6).

[0103] Then, an IC tag 600 is disposed on the sheet of paper 300. The IC tag 600 is embedded in a base 301 rather than a resin layer 302 in this embodiment, while the IC tag 600 is disposed on the resin layer 302 of the sheet of pape...

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Abstract

A memory element mounting method includes: a disposing step of disposing a memory element at a sheet of paper that is composed of plural layers including a first layer serving as a base and a second layer serving as a surface with a thermoplasticity; and a surface treatment step of melting at least the surface of the sheet of paper with the memory element disposed thereat and processing the molten surface of the sheet of paper into a predetermined surface shape. Since the memory element is mounted on the sheet of paper during the surface treatment of the sheet of paper rather than during production of the sheet of paper, the memory element can be mounted on the sheet of paper as required.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a memory element mounting method for mounting a memory element on a sheet of paper and an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet of paper. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] It is common practice to attach bar codes, which represent commodity codes, to commodities and identify each commodity by reading the attached bar code with a bar-code reader (scanner). Associating each commodity with information about the commodity facilitates management of distribution, inventory and selling of commodities. [0005] However, bar codes can provide only limited amounts of information. In addition, since the bar-code information is obtained by reading the bar-code configuration, bar codes are vulnerable to dirt, and the areas of commodities in which bar codes can be attached are restricted. To avoid such disadvantages, in recent years, wireless microchips (that is, IC t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G03G15/20B41F13/24B65H3/52G03G15/00G06K19/07G06K19/077
CPCG03G2215/00523G03G15/6588
Inventor KITO, EIICHI
Owner FUJIFILM CORP