Image forming apparatus capable of forming an erasable image
US5394231A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/04018
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of forming both of erasable images and images to be stored, and increasing the number of times that a single sheet with an image can be repetitively decolorized and reused. The apparatus includes a photoconductive element for electrostatically forming a latent image representative of image data. A developing device develops the latent image formed on the photoconductive element by either of an ordinary undecolorizable toner and a decolorizable toner.
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