Apparatuses for color image formation, tandem color image formation and image formation
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMotokazu Yasui, Hiroyasu Shijo, Masumi Sato, Tomotoshi Nakahara
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Abstract
The color image formation apparatus of the invention can include an image formation unit that is placed diagonally in relation to the vertical direction, a largest paper-feed tray that is placed below the image formation unit and feeds paper to image formation sections of the image formation unit, and a small-size paper-feed tray, placed below the image formation unit and above the largest paper-feed tray, which feeds paper to the image formation sections of the image formation unit.
Claims7
A color image formation apparatus for forming a color image comprising:
- an image formation unit that is placed diagonally in relation to a vertical direction;
- a largest paper-feed tray which is placed below said image formation unit and feeds paper toward image formation sections of said image formation unit;
- a small-size paper-feed tray which is placed below said image formation unit and above said largest paper-feed tray, and feeds paper toward image formation sections of said image formation unit, wherein paper is conveyed downward first from a paper-feed section of said small-size paper-feed tray.
A tandem color image formation apparatus comprising:
- an image formation unit wherein three or more colors of respectively independent image formation sections are placed parallel along a paper conveyance direction and diagonally in relation to a vertical direction;
- a largest paper-feed tray which is placed below said image formation unit and feeds paper toward image formation sections of said image formation unit;
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- a small-size paper-feed tray which is placed below said image formation unit and above said largest paper-feed tray, and feeds paper toward the image formation sections of said image formation unit, wherein paper is conveyed downward first from a paper-feed section of said small-size paper-feed tray.
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