Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsYu Tsuda, Yasunori Unagida, Kanji Watanabe, Yuji Kikuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member that includes a photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer being thicker at a first axial end of the photosensitive member than at a second axial end of the photosensitive member; and a forming unit that forms a first image and a second image on the photosensitive member, the first image being transferred to each of transfer areas defined on continuous-form paper, the second image being transferred to the first axial end but to neither a position between adjacent ones of the transfer areas that are side by side in a longitudinal direction of the continuous-form paper nor a position in any of the transfer areas.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photosensitive member that includes a photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer being thicker at a first axial end of the photosensitive member than at a second axial end of the photosensitive member;
- and
- a forming unit configured to form a first image and a second image on the photosensitive member,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to transfer the first image to each of transfer areas defined on continuous-form paper, and
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to transfer the second image to an axial end of the continuous-form paper corresponding to the first axial end of the photosensitive member, but not to a position between adjacent ones of the transfer areas that are side by side in a longitudinal direction of the continuous-form paper or to a position in any of the transfer areas,
- wherein the second image comprises a blade protection band.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photosensitive member that includes a photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer being thicker at a first axial end of the photosensitive member than at a second axial end of the photosensitive member;
- and
- a forming unit configured to form a first image and a second image on the photosensitive member,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to transfer the first image to each of transfer areas defined on continuous-form paper, and
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to, in response to the photosensitive layer being thicker at the first axial end than at the second axial end, transfer the second image to an axial end of the continuous-form paper corresponding to the first axial end of the photosensitive member, but not to a position between adjacent ones of the transfer areas that are side by side in a longitudinal direction of the continuous-form paper or to a position in any of the transfer areas.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photosensitive member that includes a photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer being thicker at a first axial end of the photosensitive member than at a second axial end of the photosensitive member;
- and
- a forming unit comprising:
- a charger;
- a light source;
- and
- a developer,
- wherein the forming unit is configured to form a first image and a second image on the photosensitive member,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to transfer the first image to each of transfer areas defined on continuous-form paper, and
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to, in response to a determination that the photosensitive layer is thicker at the first axial end than at the second axial end, transfer the second image to an axial end of the continuous-form paper corresponding to the first axial end of the photosensitive member, but not to a position between adjacent ones of the transfer areas that are side by side in a longitudinal direction of the continuous-form paper or to a position in any of the transfer areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.