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Image forming apparatus having a common sheet processing station

US6308027A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateJun 26, 2000
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00016
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus having a common sheet processing station with a sheet supply unit, at least one image forming unit which is detachably arranged with the common sheet processing station. The image forming unit forms images on a sheet carried from the common sheet processing station via a sheet carrying path. Many different image forming units may be utilized with the common sheet processing station.

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