Image forming device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Yoshikawa
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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Yoshikawa
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An image forming device includes: a plurality of photoreceptors; a device main body; and an intermediate transfer unit attachable to and detachable from the device main body, wherein the intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt stretched across a plurality of rollers, a color transfer roller and a monochrome transfer roller, a lever operated by a user, and a monochrome oscillation mechanism that oscillates the monochrome transfer roller, the intermediate transfer belt is switchable between a color image forming state, a monochrome image forming state, and a separated state the monochrome oscillation mechanism switches between the monochrome image forming state and the separated state when the lever is operated, and the device main body is provided with a regulator that regulates removal of the intermediate transfer unit in the monochrome image forming state.
An image forming device comprising:
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