Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.

Junzi Shirakawa

Toshitaka Ogawa

Yasuo Kikuchi

Kazuo Uno

Masato Yamada

An electrophotographic printing apparatus with a pivotable paper buffer and a pivotable guide member which together, depending on their position in relation to each other, form either a loading configuration or a printing configuration. In the loading configuration, the pivoting end of the buffer is adjacent to the pivoting end of the pivotable guide member to form a horizontal path for the paper to travel between the photosensitive member and the fixing portion. In the printing configuration, the buffer pivots upward away from the guide member so that it is in a position to receive a paper sheet as it is fed by a tractor after being contacted by the photosensitive member.

Electrophotographic printing apparatus with pivotable paper buffer and

In an electrophotographic printing machine, the endless belt has a thin protective layer on each of the inner and outer surfaces thereof which is high in mold release characteristic and effective in minimization of the deterioration in electrical characteristic of the endless belt.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Junzi Shirakawa