Image forming apparatus for printing image on nonbendable medium
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsTomoaki Yoshioka, Tetsuro Kodera
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an attachment table to which an object is attached; a transfer unit that transfers an image onto the object; and a transport unit that transports the attachment table along a transport path that has a transport start position on one side relative to the transfer unit and has a transport end position on a same side as the transport start position relative to the transfer unit, the transport path extending beyond the transfer unit and the attachment table being transported so as to turn back at a position beyond the transfer unit.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an attachment table to which an object is attached;
- a transfer unit that transfers an image onto the object;
- a transport unit that transports the attachment table along a transport path that has a transport start position on one side relative to the transfer unit, has a transfer position where the image being transferred onto the object by the transfer unit, and has a transport end position on a same side as the transport start position relative to the transfer position in an extending direction of the transport path, the transport path extending beyond the transfer unit and the attachment table being transported so as to turn back at a position beyond the transfer unit;
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- a height adjusting unit that adjusts a height of the attachment table, wherein the height adjusting unit is configured to lower the height of the attachment table to which the object is attached to form a gap between the transfer unit and the object with the image from the position beyond the transfer unit to the transport end position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an attachment table to which an object is attached;
- transfer means for transferring an image onto the object;
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- transport means for transporting the attachment table along a transport path that has a transport start position on one side relative to the transfer means, has a transfer position where the image being transferred onto the object by the transfer means, and has a transport end position on a same side as the transport start position relative to the transfer position in an extending direction of the transport path, the transport path extending beyond the transfer means and the attachment table being transported so as to turn back at a position beyond the transfer means;
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- a height adjusting means for adjusting a height of the attachment table, wherein the height adjusting unit is configured to lower the height of the attachment table to which the object is attached to form a gap between the transfer unit and the object with the image from the position beyond the transfer unit to the transport end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.