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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1988
Kunihiko Ikeda, Kodaira, JP;
Shigeru Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Shimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masaichi Niro, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A compact printer has a sheet feeder positioned at its front wall and electrophotographic components arranged along a sheet moving path for receiving a sheet from the sheet feeder and for exposing, developing, then transferring a toner image onto the sheet. At its rear side, the printer has an image fixing unit and a discharge portion for discharging the sheet to a side output tray or onto the top wall of the printer. The discharge portion is provided with a detachably hinged, sheet turning apparatus when it is desired to discharge sheets onto the top wall, or with a detachably hinged cover with a rear opening to discharge sheets onto a rear side output tray.