Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Suzuki, Masayuki Ainoya, Junji Shirakawa, Yoshitaka Fujinuma, Koji Kato, Kazuo Sunou
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit having a first printing section for forming a first image on the paper; a second image forming unit having a second printing section for forming a second image on the paper; and a paper conveying unit for conveying the paper from the first image forming unit to the second image forming unit. Accordingly, two kinds of image can be formed employing one image forming apparatus. The first image and the second image may be formed using the same recording material (toner) or different recording materials (toners).
Claims22
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first image forming unit comprising a first printing section for forming a first image on a paper;
- a second image forming unit comprising a second printing section for forming a second image on the paper;
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- a paper conveying unit for conveying the paper from the first image forming unit to the second image forming unit, wherein:
- the first image forming unit further comprises a first paper supply section for storing paper and supplying paper stored in the first paper supply section to the first printing section, and
- the second image forming unit further comprises a second paper supply section for storing paper and supplying paper stored in the second paper supply section to the second printing section, a first conveyance passage for transmitting the paper delivered from the paper conveying unit via the second printing section to the outside, and a second conveyance passage for transmitting the paper to the outside while bypassing the second printing section.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first image forming unit comprising a first printing section for forming a first image on a paper;
- a second image forming unit comprising a second printing section for forming a second image on the paper;
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- a paper conveying unit for conveying the paper from the first image forming unit to the second image forming unit,
- wherein the second image forming unit further comprises a first conveyance passage for transmitting the paper delivered from the paper conveying unit via the second printing section to the outside, and a second conveyance passage connected to the first conveyance passage, for transmitting the paper to the outside while bypassing the second printing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.