Image forming apparatus operable in a duplex print mode
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYasukuni Omata, Hideaki Mochimaru
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of forming images on both sides of a recording medium of the present invention includes a first image carrier on which a toner image to be formed, and a second image carrier to which the toner image is transferred from the first image carrier. The toner image transferred from the image carrier to the second image carrier is transferred to one side of the recording medium while a toner image is transferred from the first image carrier to the other side of the recording medium. After the toner image has been transferred from the first image carrier to the second image carrier, the running condition of the second image carrier is varied.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of photoconductive elements arranged on an inclining plane with respect to the ground;
- and
- a plurality of developing devices, each of said plurality of developing devices corresponding to one of said plurality of photoconductive elements and configured to develop an image on a corresponding one of said plurality of photoconductive elements;
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- at least two light emitting members disposed inside a housing and configured to emit light beams to said plurality of photoconductive elements, wherein said housing is arranged parallel to the inclining plane and below the inclining plane.
A method of forming images on a recording medium, comprising:
- scanning an image on an image forming apparatus;
- emitting light beams from at least two light emitting members inside a housing on an inclining plane parallel to the ground to a plurality of photoconductive elements disposed parallel to the inclining plane and above the inclining plane, the light beams corresponding to the image scanned by the scanning;
- forming a plurality of toner images on said plurality of photoconductive elements using the light beams and a plurality of corresponding developing devices disposed above the inclining plane;
- transferring the toner images formed on said plurality of photoconductive elements to a transfer belt inclined parallel to the inclining plane;
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- transferring the toner image from said transfer belt to a recording medium.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of photoconductive elements arranged on an inclining plane with respect to the ground;
- and
- a plurality of developing devices, each of said plurality of developing devices corresponding to one of said plurality of photoconductive elements and configured to develop an image on a corresponding one of said plurality of photoconductive elements;
- at least two light emitting members disposed inside a housing and configured to emit light beams to said plurality of photoconductive elements, wherein said housing is arranged parallel to the inclining plane and below the inclining plane;
- a first transfer belt disposed above said plurality of photoconductive elements;
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- a second transfer belt disposed adjacent to the bottom end of the first transfer belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.