Copier capable of setting up an erase area on a photoconductive element
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Nakashima, Shigeru Muramatsu
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Abstract
A copier having eraser means for erasing needless ones of latent images which are electrostatically formed on a photoconductive element. A non-erase area is set up in consideration of a paper size, document size, trimming size and magnification. The non-erase size corresponds to a particular area where a paper size, a document size (with a magnification changed) and a trimming size (with a magnification changed) overlap each other. The non-erase area is displayed to facilitate confirmation by an operator. Latent images outside of the non-erase area are erased by the eraser means.
Claims2
In a copier which forms a latent image on a photoconductive element and which is responsive to various sized papers wherein the direction in which the papers are fed is assumed to be a direction x and a direction perpendicular thereto a direction y, said copier comprising:
- paper size detector means for sensing a paper size (Px, Py) representative of the size of the papers;
- document size detector means for sensing a document size (Ox, Oy) representative of a size of the documents being copied;
- trimming area detector means for sensing a trimming area size (Tx, Ty) representative of an area size after trimming;
- magnification detector means for sensing a magnification R selected;
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- eraser means for erasing needless electrostatic latent images formed on the photoconductive element;
- a means for determining the overlapping length of said Px, Ox X R and Tx X R selected in accordance with a length of a non-erase area in the direction x, an overlapping length of said Py, Oy X R and Ty X R selected in accordance with a length of the non-erase area in the direction y, whereby said erase means erases the latent images outside of the non-erase area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.