Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

1994-10-18

1997-06-24

Reinhart, Mark J.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Electric marking apparatus or processes

B41J 2385

Patent

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056421451

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus of the electrophotographic type wherein a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum is transferred to recording paper by a transfer roller to form an image is disclosed. When the size of the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum is larger than the size of the recording paper, a portion of the toner image which projects from the recording paper is transferred to the transfer roller and will soil another sheet of recording paper supplied subsequently. Therefore, when comparison between the size of the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum and the size of the recording paper reveals a difference between them, an image forming operation is interrupted and a cleaning device is rendered operative to remove the toner from the transfer roller. Thereupon, presence or absence and the size of an image area protruding from the recording paper are determined from the image size and the recording paper size, and the number and the time of operations of the cleaning device are controlled to minimum values in accordance with the determination.

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