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US 7,883,016 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorKeiko Kurokawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; and an identification mark imparting unit that imparts an identification mark which is identifiable by a sense of touch on the recording paper on which an image is formed by the image forming unit.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- and
- an identification mark imparting unit that imparts an identification mark that is identifiable by a sense of touch on a recording paper on which an image is formed by the image forming unit, the identification mark having an arrow shape and being imparted onto different positions of the recording paper with respect to at least one of a width direction and a height direction of the recording paper, and
- wherein the identification mark imparting unit imparts an identification mark on a plurality of sheets of recording paper at a fixed incremental distance on each successive sheet with which an order of the image formation is identifiable by virtue of the fixed incremental distance between each respective identification mark when the image is formed on the plurality of sheets of recording paper.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- and
- an identification mark imparting unit that imparts a single identification mark which is identifiable by a sense of touch on a recording paper on which an image is formed and printed by the image forming unit,
- wherein the identification mark imparting unit imparts the identification mark at a different location on each of a plurality of sheets of recording paper such that an order of the plurality of sheets of recording paper is identifiable by the sense of touch when the image is printed on the plurality of sheets of recording paper and being imparted onto different positions of the recording paper with respect to at least one of a width direction and a height direction of the recording paper, and
- wherein the identification mark imparting unit imparts an identification mark on a plurality of sheets of recording paper at a fixed incremental distance on each successive sheet with which an order of the image formation is identifiable by virtue of the fixed incremental distance between each respective identification mark when the image is formed on the plurality of sheets of recording paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.