Image forming method and apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiji Shiraki, Tomoyuki Yamada
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Abstract
There is provided an image forming method and apparatus in which plural identical images are formed on an intermediate transfer member without using a large capacity memory and output efficiency can be improved. Image data read by a reading portion is stored in a memoryportion, and on the basis of the image data stored in the printing portion, two identical images are formed on the intermediate transfer member in a period in which the intermediate transfer member makes one rotation.
Claims8
An image forming method for reading an original document and forming an image read from the original document on a sheet, comprising:
- storing image data read from the original document and forming a first latent image based on the stored image data;
- reading out the stored image data and forming a second latent image based on the read out image data;
- developing the first latent image and the second latent image to form a first developed image and a second developed image, respectively;
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- transferring the first developed image and the second developed image onto a first sheet and a second sheet, respectively.
An image forming apparatus which reads an image from an original document and forms the image on a sheet, comprising:
- reading means for reading the original document to obtain image data;
- storage means for storing the image data obtained by the reading means;
- latent image forming means for forming a latent image based on the image data stored in the storage means;
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- transfer means for developing the latent image formed by the latent image forming means and transferring it onto a sheet,
- wherein the latent image comprises a first latent image and a second latent image, the transfer means develops the first latent image and the second latent image and transfers them onto a first sheet and a second sheet, respectively.
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