Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

2006-09-19

2006-09-19

Meier, Stephen (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Electric marking apparatus or processes

Electrostatic

C347S157000, C347S158000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07110014

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of removable developing units each of which has an image carrier whose width is narrower than a width of a printable area of the printing paper, and a driving unit for driving the plurality of the removable developing units. The plurality of the removable developing units are disposed in different rows parallel to a main scanning direction such that one end of an image producing area of an image carrier of a first developing unit coincides with one end of an image producing area of an image carrier of a second developing unit adjoining to the first developing unit. The image forming apparatus further includes a control unit for supplying printing data to the plurality of the removable developing units in timings shifted form row to row.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5541720 (1996-07-01), Haneda
patent: 2003/0053819 (2003-03-01), Nomura et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Image forming apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Image forming apparatus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Image forming apparatus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3561665