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Image forming apparatus with cleaning operation for special sheets

US6985679B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateFeb 4, 2003
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/1661
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording sheet including a special sheet, and a controller for allowing the image forming unit to carry out an image forming sequence which forms an image on the recording sheet, wherein the controller allows the image forming unit to control a cleaning operation of the image forming unit in response to image formation on the special sheet by the image forming unit.

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