Controller for handling the supply and discharge of recording media
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Hashimoto, Junichi Kimizuka, Soya Endo
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which includes a main body which has a printer engine which forms an image on a recording medium, a supply unit which supplies the recording medium to the main body, and a discharge unit which receives the recording medium, on which an image is recorded, discharged from the main body. The supply unit and discharge unit detachably connect to the apparatus and the units are stackable under the main body, and the supply unit and discharge unit have a relaying device for relaying the recording medium which is supplied or discharged from another unit or the main body.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a main body having a printer engine which forms an image on a recording medium;
- a supply unit supplies the recording medium to said main body;
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- a discharge unit receives the recording medium, on which an image is recorded, discharged from said main body,
- wherein said supply unit and discharge unit detachably connect to said apparatus and said units are stackable under said main body, and said supply unit and discharge unit have a relaying means for relaying the recording medium which is supplied or discharged from another unit or said main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.