Apparatus including a re-transfer unit to re-transfer a recording medium and method of image forming
US8270856B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1661
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided, which forms a releasing agent absorption toner image on an in-between printed sides area of a moving surface of an image carrier in the duplex printing mode. When the in-between printed sides area of the moving surface enters a transfer position at which a toner image is transferred from the image carrier to a recording medium, the transferring operation of transferring the toner image from the image carrier to a recording medium is interrupted to keep the releasing agent absorption toner image on the in-between printed sides area of the moving surface of the image carrier.
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