Electrophotographic recording apparatus
US5061967A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 5, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/658
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrophotographic recording apparatus records an image on a recording paper, either a cut recording sheet or a continuous recording paper, through steps of feeding the recording paper along a paper feed plane exclusively for the recording paper, stopping the recording paper upon the arrival of the same at a predetermined, exclusive starting position, forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor by an exposure unit as the photoconductor is rotated at a fixed surface speed, developing the electrostatic latent image in a toner image by a developing unit by applying a toner charged in a polarity opposite that of the electrostatic latent image, restarting the feed of the recording paper at a feed seed corresponding to the surface speed of the photoconductor upon the arrival of the first line of the toner image formed on the surface of the photoconductor at a position which will coincide with a fixed recording position on the recording paper at a transfer position, transferring the toner image from the photoconductor to the recording paper, and fixing the transferred toner image to the recording paper by a fixing unit. When the toner image is thus formed on the continuo…
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