Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1991-06-05
1992-12-22
Grimley, A. T.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
15 151, 118652, 355208, G03G 1514
Patent
active
051737353
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a photoreceptor, an image forming unit for forming a toner image on the photoreceptor, an intermediate transfer medium to which the toner image formed on the photoreceptor is transferred at a transfer position and from which the transferred toner image is transferred to a sheet, a cleaning unit for removing toner on the intermediate transfer medium, and a controller for providing control for the sequence of activating a preliminary cleaning of the transfer belt for a predetermined time period, starting image formation after the preliminary cleaning is terminated, actuating a subsequent cleaning after termination of the transfer process, and then starting image formation in response to an image formation start signal output during the subsequent cleaning.
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Grimley A. T.
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
Stanzione P. J.
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