Abstract: A stapling apparatus capable of performing stapling on various positions by varying a moving path of a stapler is provided. The stapling apparatus includes a stapler, a driver configured to be coupled to the stapler and move the stapler, and a guide part configured to selectively switch a moving path of the stapler.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fuser configured to fuse printing paper where a toner has been developed; and a fuser driver configured to provide power being provided from an external AC to a heating element inside the fuser so that the fuser has a predetermined temperature, wherein, in response to an operational state of the image forming apparatus being at a waiting state, the fuser driver performs a phase control on the power being provided to the heating element using AC power of sections other than a phase angle of a range predetermined based on a peak voltage value of the external AC power.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes: a fixing belt; a pressure roller configured to face the fixing belt; a nip forming member configured to be disposed inside the fixing belt and press the fixing belt to the pressure roller to form a nip; and first and second guide bushings configured to be disposed at both ends of the nip forming member, respectively, in which the first and second guide bushings each support both end supports both ends of the fixing belt in a state in which a part thereof is movable.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; an exposing unit comprising a light window and a light source; a developing unit; a transfer unit; a sensing unit comprising a sensor sensing a toner image of the transfer unit; and a shutter unit configured to open or close the light window and the sensor, wherein the shutter unit includes: a motor configured to have a driving shaft rotating in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction; a first shutter part configured to open or close the light window by receiving driving force transferred from the driving shaft when the driving shaft rotates in the first and second rotation directions; and a second shutter part configured to open or close the sensor by receiving driving force transferred from the driving shaft when the driving shaft rotates in the second rotation direction.

Abstract: A fusing unit and an image forming apparatus includes a housing, a fusing belt disposed inside the housing and a pressing roller forming a nip with the fusing belt, and a receiving portion disposed to face the fusing belt at a position spaced downwardly apart from the fusing belt in a gravity direction.

Abstract: A method of controlling an image forming apparatus using a user terminal includes displaying a popup window corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, determining whether at least one user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, and applying a previously set timeout to the popup window according to the connection of the user terminal.

Abstract: A photosensitive body is provided. The photosensitive body includes a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer formed on the photosensitive layer, and the protective layer includes a urethane oligomer acrylate and a modified perfluoropolyether acrylate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a user interface unit to provide one or more shortcuts; a storage unit to store shortcut information about functions corresponding to the one or more shortcuts and options related to the functions; a job executing unit; and a control unit to control the job executing unit to perform the function corresponding to the selected shortcut, wherein when the shortcut is selected, the control unit controls the job executing unit to perform the function corresponding to the selected shortcut or controls the user interface unit to display an option setting page to set an option necessary to perform the function corresponding to the selected shortcut.

Abstract: An unidirectional clutch including: a first rotating member including an accommodation portion; a second rotating member provided on a same axis as the first rotating member and including a latch portion; and a latch member including a latch arm and accommodated in the accommodation portion so as to pivot to a locking position, wherein the latch arm is caught at the latch portion, or to a releasing position, wherein the latch arm is released from the latch portion, according to a rotation direction of the first rotating member, wherein the latch member does not rotate in the accommodation portion, and a location of a pivot center of the latch member changes when pivoting to the locking position or to the releasing position.

Abstract: Provided is a method of processing a workflow that cannot be solely processed by an image forming apparatus, by using a resource of a mobile device in which a “bring your own device” (BYOD) application is installed, and a mobile device for performing the method.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a print medium tray in which a print medium is loaded and a pickup roller which is configured to pick up the loaded print medium from the print medium tray. The pickup roller includes at least one first pickup block and at least one second pickup block configured to alternately come into contact with an upper portion of the loaded print medium. Using such a configuration, the pickup performance of the image forming apparatus may be improved.

Abstract: A cloud server is provided. The cloud server includes a transceiver configured to receive, from an electronic device, a fax transmission request and at least one processor configured to control the transceiver to determine a communication network among a plurality of communication networks for communication with an opponent image forming apparatus corresponding to the fax transmission request, when the opponent image forming apparatus is a pre-registered apparatus and transmit fax data corresponding to the fax transmission request to the opponent image forming apparatus using the determined communication network, when the opponent image forming apparatus is a pre-registered apparatus.

Abstract: A method for providing a user interface screen in a device includes receiving a user input for manipulating a user interface of a printer driver installed in the device, determining a type of an input used for the received user input, determining a display style of the user interface corresponding to the determined type of the input, and providing the user interface presented in the determined display style.

Abstract: A portable image-forming device includes a housing, an exposure member for exposing an instant film disposed inside of the housing by means of a light radiating from the screen of a portable display device, a shading member linked in movement with the exposure member so as to shade the instant film, a traction member connected to the exposure member so as to move the exposure member to a pre-exposure position, and a developing-agent-spreading member for spreading a developing agent, which is provided on the instant film, over the entire instant film. The traction member and the developing-agent-spreading member are manually operated by a user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image former configured to perform an image formation; a brushless DC (BLDC) motor configured to start the image former; and a motor controller configured to receive a plurality of driving information from the BLDC motor and to perform a feedback control for the BLDC motor based on at least one of the plurality of received driving information, wherein the motor controller confirms a plurality of error items for the BLDC motor based on the plurality of received driving information.

Abstract: A hinge apparatus for a cover of an image forming apparatus has a hinge body with supporting brackets, movably inserted into a coupling hole positioned in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a hinge cam connected to the cover and pivotably connected to the supporting brackets, and a pressure device disposed at the hinge body to press the hinge cam. Accordingly, the hinge apparatus can be implemented with a simple and easy assembly operation, since it is not a complicated structural connection among the component parts of the hinge apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a fixing device for preventing an increase in torque when a fixing belt starts to be driven. The fixing device may include a fixing belt that is rotatable; a pressure roller configured to pressure-contact an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip portion between the pressure roller and the fixing belt. A contact member is located inside the fixing belt and includes a contact portion that contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The contact portion includes a surface having a plate shape that faces the pressure roller and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the surface toward the pressure roller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus supporting a near field communication (NFC) function and a method of performing setting an image job by using an NFC device. The method includes tagging an NFC device to receive setting information stored in the NFC device and performing an image job based on the received setting information.