Tandem image forming apparatus
US7443406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/183
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes image-forming process cartridges arranged in tandem; a color-information acquiring unit configured to acquire color information representing a color of an image to be formed by each of the image-forming process cartridges; an image-information distributing unit configured to distribute print information for the color to an image-forming process cartridge that forms an image of the color; a designating unit configured to designate a print mode that includes a monochromatic mode and a full-color mode; a control unit configured to control image forming operation by the image-forming process cartridges to perform a print operation in designated print mode; and an alarming unit configured to generate an alarm for designation for the full-color mode when the color is identical in two or more image-forming process cartridges.
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