Image forming apparatus and image forming method including a cleaning sheet for removing adhesive from label paper
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKikuo Mizutani
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a fixing section, a sheet housing section, and a sheet passing controller. The fixing section fixes a developer by heating a label paper onto which the developer is transferred. The sheet housing section houses a cleaning sheet from which adhesive leaking out from the label paper and adhering to the fixing section is removed. The sheet passing controller conveys the cleaning sheet from the sheet housing section to the fixing section.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a fixing section configured to fix a developer on a label paper having the developer transferred thereon;
- a sheet housing section configured to hold a sheet including a cleaning sheet which removes adhesive leaking out from the label paper and adhering to the fixing section;
- and
- a sheet passing controller configured to convey the cleaning sheet from the sheet housing section to the fixing section;
- wherein
- the sheet housing section further includes a cleaning sheet placement section to hold the cleaning sheet, and
- the sheet passing controller to convey the cleaning sheet from the cleaning sheet placement section to the fixing section, and convey the sheet from the fixing section to the sheet housing section via a conveyance path.
An image forming method by an image forming apparatus comprising a sheet housing section to hold a cleaning sheet which removes adhesive leaking out from a label paper and adhering to a fixing section, including:
- fixing a developer by heating onto the label paper having the transferred developer transferred thereon;
- conveying the cleaning sheet from the sheet housing section to the fixing section;
- and
- conveying the cleaning sheet from the fixing section to the sheet housing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.