Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Kuwabara, Yoshiyuki Tominaga, Masaaki Yamamura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding unit that holds an image that is formed of a developer, the image being intended to be transferred onto a medium, and an image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium, a transfer unit that transfers the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto a medium, and a forming unit that forms, upon receiving a print instruction to form the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto the image holding unit, the image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium at a position on the image holding unit where the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium is to be formed.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holding unit that holds an image that is formed of a developer, the image being intended to be transferred onto a medium, and an image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium;
- a transfer unit that transfers the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto a medium;
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- a forming unit that forms, upon receiving a print instruction to form the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto the image holding unit, the image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium at a position on the image holding unit where the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium is to be formed.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holding unit that holds an image that is formed of a developer, the image being intended to be transferred onto a medium, and an image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium;
- a transfer unit that transfers the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto a medium;
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- a forming unit that forms, when a predetermined condition for supplying a developer to a surface of the image holding unit is satisfied, the image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium and causes the surface of the image holding unit to hold the image.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image holding means for holding an image that is formed of a developer, the image being intended to be transferred onto a medium, and an image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium;
- transfer means for transferring the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto a medium;
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- forming means for forming, upon receiving a print instruction to form the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium onto the image holding unit, the image that is not intended to be transferred onto a medium at a position on the image holding unit where the image that is intended to be transferred onto a medium is to be formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.