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US 2012/0269548 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorToshimi Yamashita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided that realize both the use of a decolorizing toner and a non-decolorizing toner and miniaturization of the apparatus.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first photoconductor on which a first electrostatic latent image is formed, wherein the first photoconductor is in contact with a transfer surface;
- a second photoconductor on which a second electrostatic latent image is formed, wherein the second photoconductor is in contact with the transfer surface and is downstream in a moving direction of the transfer surface from the first photoconductor;
- a first developing device configured to develop the first electrostatic latent image on the first photoconductor with decolorable toner;
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- a second developing device configured to develop the second electrostatic latent image on the second photoconductor with non-decolorable toner.
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An image forming method, comprising:
- developing a first electrostatic latent image on a first photoconductor in contact with a transfer surface using decolorable toner;
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- developing a second electrostatic latent image on a second photoconductor in contact with the transfer surface using non-decolorable toner, wherein the second photoconductor is upstream in a moving direction of the transfer surface from the first photoconductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.