Image forming apparatus capable of duplex printing
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJung-yun Won
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Abstract
A duplex-printable image forming apparatus which is capable of increasing a speed of duplex printing. The image forming apparatus includes: a developing unit which forms a visible image, which is formed of a developer, on a printing medium; a fixing unit which fixes the visible image formed on the printing medium onto the printing medium; a discharging roller unit which can be regularly/reversely rotated such that the printing medium passed through the fixing unit is conveyed to the developing unit along a duplex printing path or is discharged out of the apparatus; and an intermediate conveying unit which is interposed between the fixing unit and the discharging roller unit and selectively holds the printing medium.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a developing unit to form a visible image, which is formed with a developer, on a printing medium;
- a fixing unit to fix the visible image formed on the printing medium onto the printing medium;
- a discharging roller unit to regularly/reversely rotate such that the printing medium passed through the fixing unit is conveyed to the developing unit along a duplex printing path or is discharged out of the apparatus;
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- an intermediate conveying unit interposed between the fixing unit and the discharging roller unit to selectively hold the printing medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.