Electrophotography – Document handling – Original and copy
Patent
1997-05-30
2000-10-03
Brase, Sandra
Electrophotography
Document handling
Original and copy
399381, 399397, G03G 1500
Patent
active
061284637
ABSTRACT:
An image forming device includes an image forming part which forms an image on a recording medium; a recording medium switchback portion which receives the recording medium on a first run, one side of which has been printed when passing the image forming part, and sends the recording medium for a second run; a recording medium path which communicates with the recording medium switchback portion so as to send the recording medium to and from the recording medium switchback portion; an inverted recording medium transfer path through which the recording medium is sent to the image forming part again with an upper surface and a lower surface of the recording medium reversed; and a recording medium transfer part which transfers the recording medium along the inverted recording medium transfer path. The image forming device is further provided with a first recording medium receiving portion which stores the recording medium one on another with a printed surface facing upwards; and a first recording medium ejection path which communicates with the recording medium receiving portion so as to send the recording medium to the first recording medium receiving portion.
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Kera Hiroshi
Kuwabara Nobuo
Matsumoto Yoshiya
Nagahara Akira
Nonoyama Shigeo
Brase Sandra
Fujitsu Limited
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