Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Eogkyu Kim

Heungsup Park

Yuntae Kim

Youngsu Lee

An example photodetector for detecting fluorescent toner includes a light emitting unit to emit light to a toner image, and a light receiving unit. The light receiving unit is to detect visible light reflected by the toner image, detect that the toner image includes the fluorescent toner based on the detection of the visible light, the visible light generated by the fluorescent toner and having a predetermined wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the emitted light, and output a signal corresponding to the detection of the fluorescent toner.

Printer with photodetector for detecting fluorescent additives in toner

A printer includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on an image receptor by using a toner containing fluorescent additives for generating light in a predefined wavelength band in response to light in an invisible wavelength band, transfer the toner image to a print medium, and fix the toner image on the print medium, a photodetector including a light emitting unit configured to irradiate light in an invisible wavelength band to the toner image accommodated in one of the image receptor and the print medium, and a light receiving unit to detect reflected light from the toner image, and a controller to control a printing operation of the image forming unit, based on a detection signal from the light receiving unit.

An image forming apparatus employing an electrophotographic image forming unit and an inkjet image forming unit, thereby being capable of printing an image on each of a front surface and the back surface of a recording medium.

Feed path switching member for an image forming apparatus to guide a recording medium to a first or second feed path connecting a fixing unit and a feed roller of an inkjet image forming unit

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Eogkyu Kim