Image forming apparatus, recording medium detecting apparatus and recording medium detecting method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTokihiko Ise
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium, and a carrying unit which guides the recording medium to the image forming unit via a first carrying path or a second carrying path. A media sensor is arranged at a part where the first carrying path and the second carrying path merge together, to discriminate the type of the recording medium. The media sensor is movable toward the first carrying path or toward the second carrying path where the recording medium passes.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium;
- a carrying unit which conveys the recording medium to the image forming unit via a first carrying path or a second carrying path;
- a media sensor which is arranged at a part where the first carrying path and the second carrying path merge together, and which identifies a type of the recording medium;
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- a moving mechanism which includes a movable member that supports the media sensor and a motor that drives the movable member, and which moves the media sensor toward the first carrying path or toward the second carrying path, depending on which of the first and second carrying paths the recording medium is conveyed through.
A recording medium detecting apparatus comprising:
- a carrying unit which conveys guides a recording medium via a first carrying path or a second carrying path;
- a media sensor which is arranged at a part where the first carrying path and the second carrying path merge together, and which identifies a type of the recording medium;
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- a moving mechanism which includes a movable member that supports the media sensor and a motor that drives the movable member, and which moves the media sensor toward the first carrying path or toward the second carrying path, depending on which of the first and second carrying paths the recording medium is conveyed through.
A recording medium detecting method comprising:
- moving a media sensor arranged at a part where a first carrying path and a second carrying path merge together, toward the first carrying path or toward the second carrying path through which a recording medium passes, depending on which of the first and second carrying paths the recording medium passes through;
- conveying the recording medium via the first carrying path or the second carrying path;
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- identifying a type of the recording medium with the media sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.