Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

1997-09-09

1998-11-10

Smith, Matthew S.

Electrophotography

Image formation

Fixing

399337, 399341, 430126, G03G 1520

Patent

active

058358366

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus is constructed to include a first fixing unit fixing a toner image transferred on a first side of a recording medium by a flash, a second fixing unit fixing a toner image transferred on a second side of the recording medium by a flash, and a leak preventing mechanism for preventing the flash of the first fixing unit to the second side and the flash of the second fixing unit to the first side via a region which is within a fixing region of the first and second fixing units and where no recording medium exists due to a size of the recording medium used.

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