SHEET AND THE LIKE CARRYING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To shorten time from the nonexistence of a sheet and the like on a carrying path to stop the carrying path by providing a main control means sending a carrying path stop command to a carriage control means in response to an interruption signal from the carrying control means. CONSTITUTION:No response is made to a main control part 1 with a recognition control part 2 when no sheet and the like, to be recognized with the recognition control part 2 by a recognition command 11 from the main control part 1, exists. No sheet and the like on a carrying path is judged by carrying path monitoring with a carrying control part 3 apart from the actions of these main control and recognition control parts 1 and 2. At the point of the time of judging, carrying finish of the sheet and the like is transmitted by an interruption signal 4 to the main control 'part 1 with the carrying control part 3. In response to the interruption signal 4, the carrying finish of the sheet and the like is judged with and a stop command 16 for a carrying path is sent to the carrying control part 3 in the main control part 1. The carrying path is stopped with the carrying control part 3 by the sent command 16. A carrying path stop response 31 is sent to the main control part 1 with the carrying control part 3 in response to the carrying path stop.