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Image forming apparatus with a plurality of colors

US4690543A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1986
Grant dateSep 1, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/36
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

According to the present invention, for example, there is slidably provided a CCD unit comprising a CCD and a plurality of filters in the light path of a lens block for magnification and reduction of a multicolor image forming apparatus, in which the CCD performs an irradiation scanning operation of an original using the plurality of filters in turn to sense the original image and then convert it into a series of electric signals which are used for color identification, the color identification data thus obtained being used to operate developing units selectively and an erasure array so as to form a multicolor image corresponding to the original.

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