Image forming apparatus operating in color mode and monochrome m

Details Image forming apparatus operating in color mode and monochrome m Image forming apparatus operating in color mode and monochrome m

1998-12-02

2000-02-22

Pendegrass, Joan

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Control of transfer

399 82, 399299, G03G 1500, G03G 1501, G03G 1516

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060290234

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus operates in a color mode using a plurality of image holding components and in a monochrome mode using one of the plurality of image holding components to perform the image formation. The mode is switched between the color mode and the monochrome mode in accordance with information, such as the number of monochrome images having been successively formed, the number of monochrome images to be successively formed, a time period having been taken for the monochrome image formation, productivity or life priority specified the user, and a standby state of the image forming apparatus in the color mode or the monochrome mode, with a distance between the recording sheets to be transported being controlled according to predetermined conditions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5313312 (1994-05-01), Yamada
patent: 5893017 (1999-04-01), Yamamoto

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