Recording material conveying device and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsMasayuki Fukunaga, Satoshi Ogata
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Abstract
A recording material conveying device includes: a first conveyor that conveys a recording material supplied from a recording material supply part; a second conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material without passing through an image forming part; a third conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material via the image forming part; and a detector that detects a recording material characteristic of the recording material, wherein the recording material whose recording material characteristic has been detected by the detector can be ejected from the second conveyor.
Claims18
A recording material conveying device comprising:
- a first conveyor that conveys a recording material supplied from a recording material supply part;
- a second conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material without passing through an image forming part;
- a third conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material via the image forming part;
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- a detector that detects a recording material characteristic of the recording material, the detector including a first detector arranged in the second conveyor, wherein
- the recording material whose recording material characteristic has been detected by the detector can be ejected from the second conveyor.
An image forming system including an image forming part that forms an image on a recording material, the image forming system comprising:
- a first conveyor that conveys the recording material supplied from a recording material supply part;
- a second conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material without passing through the image forming part;
- a third conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and conveys the recording material via the image forming part;
- a detector that detects a recording material characteristic of the recording material, the detector including a first detector arranged in the second conveyor;
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- a hardware processor that controls conveyance of the recording material whose recording material characteristic has been detected by the detector so that the recording material can be ejected from the second conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.