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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Shingai, Nagoya, JP;
Shohei Ichikawa, Niwa, JP;
Kazutoshi Nakamura, Kuwana, JP;
Shota Shinoya, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6579 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 13/0018 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1839 (2013.01); B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00421 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0043 (2013.01); G03G 2221/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet by an electrophotographic method, and a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet by an inkjet method. An image recording position of the recording unit is located above an image forming position of the image forming unit.