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US 2021/0283928 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJumpei AOYAMA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a sheet conveyor, a sheet stacker, and circuitry. The sheet conveyor is configured to convey a sheet on which liquid is applied. The sheet stacker is configured to stack the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor. The circuitry is configured to control conveyance of the sheet. The circuitry is configured to cause the sheet conveyor to expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing, and convey the sheet to the sheet stacker.
Claims30
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey a sheet on which liquid is applied;
- a sheet stacker configured to stack the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the sheet conveyor to:
- expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing;
- and
- convey the sheet to the sheet stacker.
6 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey a sheet on which liquid is applied;
- a post-processing apparatus configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the sheet conveyor to:
- expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing;
- and
- convey the sheet to the post-processing apparatus.
6 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey a sheet on which liquid is applied;
- a sheet conveying device configured to convey the sheet to a post-processing apparatus configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the sheet conveyor to:
- expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing;
- and
- convey the sheet to the sheet conveying device.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.