Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Satoshi Yoshida

Hitoshi Sekino

Akihiro Nishi

Yoichi Iwasaki

Hiroshi Mizuno

Akihito Ikegawa

Masami Yamada

Masahiko Matsuura

Tatsuya Eguchi

Hirofumi Hasegawa

Eiichi Sano

Atsuto Hirai

Narutaka Yoshida

Tomoo Izumi

Masahide Ueda

Kazuyoshi Hara

Hiroyuki Yamasaki

Yoshihisa Terasaka

Yasuhiro Matsuura

Katsuyuki Taima

Takashi Akazawa

Yoshio Tohyama

Norio Tamada

Takayuki Ogawa

A printing apparatus connectable to a plurality of external device, and which is capable of receiving print requests from other external device while printing print data transmitted from a single external device in accordance with a print request received therefrom.

Printing apparatus

The present invention relates to a method of producing a plurality sets of prints from a plural-page original in an image forming apparatus having an endless transfer member onto which images are transferred from an image retaining member. The endless transfer member is operable to support a predetermined number (X) of images during one cyclic movement thereof. In this method, a first printing operation is executed in which the predetermined number (X) of images of a first page of the original are formed on the endless transfer member during one cyclic movement thereof when a desired number (Y) of sets of prints exceeds said predetermined number (X). Second, the first printing operation is repeated until a remaining number (M) of image(s) of the first page becomes less than said predetermined number (X). Third, a second printing operation is executed in which the remaining number (M) of image(s) of the first page and a calculated number (X-M) of image(s) of a second page of the original are formed on said endless transfer member during one cyclic movement thereof after the remaining number (M) of image(s) of the first page becomes less than the predetermined number (X).

Image forming apparatus with endless transfer member

The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising a main assembly and an imaging cartridge detachable from the main assembly. The imaging cartridge includes a first unit and a second unit, both of which are separable form each other, a toner image carrier provided in the first unit, and a charging device provided in the second unit for transferring a toner image on the toner image carrier onto a copy sheet, wherein the charging device includes a charging roller. The present invention also provides an imaging cartridge detachable from the main assembly of an image forming apparatus. The imaging cartridge comprises a first unit and a second unit wherein the second unit is separable from the first unit, a toner image carrier provided in the first unit, and a charging device provided in the second unit for transferring a toner image on the toner image carrier onto a copy sheet.

Electrophotographic image forming apparatus with detachable imaging

An image forming apparatus having a sheet storing unit for storing sheets therein along a bottom of a body of the apparatus, a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the sheets stored in the sheet storing unit one by one toward a rear side of the body, a sheet path for leading each sheet fed by the sheet feeding mechanism upward, an image forming unit for forming an image on the sheet traveling in the sheet path, and a sheet ejecting unit for ejecting the image-formed sheet toward a front side of the body onto a sheet receiving portion disposed on an upper side of the body. The image forming unit is made as a cartridge containing a photosensitive member, a developing device, a transferring device and a cleaner. The cartridge is mounted in a holder which is movable between a cartridge exchange position and a set position.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus for forming images corresponding to image data transmitted from external device by storing the image data in a bit map memory in a bit form and read it out of the bit map memory for printing. When the image data is written to said bit map memory or when the image data is read out of said bit map memory, the image forming apparatus is controlled to switch image orientation recorded on the recording paper with respect to the discharge direction thereof so as to sort recording paper in response to selection of said external device or every series of image data.

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Machida, Japan

Satoshi Yoshida