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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Megumi Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); G03G 15/234 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printer and a sheet feeder. The sheet feeder feeds a sheet to the printer in a feed direction. The printer prints a folding guide line on the sheet with a transparent recording agent or a recording agent having a similar color close to the color of the sheet.