Image forming apparatus having transfer means
US5450170A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00721
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member; a transfer device for transferring an image from the image bearing member onto a recording material at a transfer position; a detector for detecting a recording material conveying passage from a recording material feeding station to the image transfer position; and a controller responsive to the detector to form blanks at a leading and trailing edges of the recording material by controlling image forming operation of the image forming device.
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