Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1992-12-15
1994-02-15
Grimley, A. T.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
271258, 271265, 355204, 355208, 355209, G03G 2100, G03G 1500
Patent
active
052871584
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit for printing an image on a paper, a paper feed mechanism for feeding a paper to said printing unit, a paper supply cassette for forwarding papers, one by one, to said paper feed mechanism, an optical sensor for detecting whether or not a surface of each paper, fed to said printing unit by said paper feed mechanism, is blank, and an ejecting unit for ejecting a paper from said paper feed mechanism without printing an image thereon when said optical sensor detects that the surface of the paper is not blank, so that only papers having blank surfaces are fed to said printing unit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4924275 (1990-05-01), Nelson
patent: 5005049 (1991-04-01), Matsushita
patent: 5038182 (1991-08-01), Tanimoto
Nagashima Hiroyuki
Suga Akira
Brase Sandra L.
Grimley A. T.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
LandOfFree
Image forming apparatus with image reading unit 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 with image reading unit, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Image forming apparatus with image reading unit will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1211093