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Color image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing units

US4860053A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 20, 1987
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0126
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multicolor image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing units respectively containing different color developers; comprising a newly selected developing unit switching timing controller for controlling the rotation of the photoreceptor and the timing for switching of the newly selected developing unit, or a previously selected developing unit switching timing controller for controlling the rotation of the photoreceptor and the switching timing of the previously selected developing unit.

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