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US 5,333,039 AGranted
Image forming apparatus with control for variably setting the amount of blank space on a recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiji Sagara
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a unit to form a visible image onto a photo sensitive drum on the basis of input image information, a copy transfer unit to transfer the developed visible image onto a recording paper, a fixing unit to fix the visible image transferred to the recording paper, and a control unit to variably set an amount of image blank which is formed onto the recording paper on the basis of the input image information.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- means for forming a visible image onto an image holding material on the basis of input image information;
- means for transferring the developed visible image onto a recording medium;
- means for fixing the visible image transferred onto the recording medium;
- means for specifying a density of the visible image in accordance with the input image information;
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- control means for variably setting an amount of blank space to be left on said recording medium, said amount of blank space being set in accordance with the density specified by said specifying means.
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