Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae Hoon Kim, Jae Hyeok Jang
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing device configured to fix a visible image transferred on a printing medium, a decurl device configured to correct a curl produced on the printing medium, a discharging device configured to discharge the printing medium to a space outside of a main body of the image forming apparatus, and a guide device disposed between the fixing device and the discharging device. The guide device guides the printing medium around the decurl device when a transport direction of the printing medium is reversed for duplex printing.
Claims22
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a photoconductive medium disposed in the main body;
- a charging device configured to charge the photoconductive medium to a predetermined electrical potential;
- a scanning device configured to scan the charged photoconductive medium with light corresponding to image data to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive medium;
- a developing device configured to form a visible image on the photoconductive medium by supplying developer to the photoconductive medium;
- a transfer device configured to transfer the visible image from the photoconductive medium to a printing medium;
- a fixing device configured to fix the visible image on the printing medium;
- a decurl device configured to correct a curl of the printing medium;
- a discharging device configured to discharge the printing medium outside of the main body;
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- a guide device disposed between the fixing device and the discharging device, the guide device being configured to guide the printing medium away from the decurl device when a transport direction of the printing medium is reversed for duplex printing.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a printing device disposed in the main body, the printing device being configured to form a visible image corresponding to image data on a printing medium;
- a decurl device configured to correct a curl on the printing medium;
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- a guide device configured to guide the printing medium away from the decurl device.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a photoconductive medium disposed in the main body;
- a charging device configured to charge the photoconductive medium to a predetermined electrical potential;
- a scanning device configured to scan the charged photoconductive medium with light corresponding to image data to form an electrostatic latent image;
- a developing device configured to form a visible image on the photoconductive medium by supplying developer to the photoconductive medium having the electrostatic latent image;
- a transfer device configured to transfer the visible image from the photoconductive medium to a printing medium;
- a fixing device configured to fix the visible image on the printing medium;
- a decurl device configured to correct a curl on the printing medium;
- a discharging device configured to discharge the printing medium to a space outside of the main body;
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- a guide device disposed between the decurl device and the discharging device, the guide device being configured to prevent the printing medium from interacting with the decurl device when a transport direction of the printing medium is reversed for duplex printing.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first device configured to fix an image on a printing medium;
- a second device configured to discharge the printing medium to a space outside the image forming apparatus;
- a third device disposed between the first device and the second device, the third device configured to remove at least a portion of a curl of the printing medium as the printing medium moves along a first direction away from the first device and toward the second device;
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- a fourth device configured to guide the printing medium away from the third device when the printing medium moves along a second direction away from the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.