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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1990
Hiroaki Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Naoyuki Hatta, Gamagori, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming a visible image using an elongated photosensitive recording medium, comprising an exposing unit for exposing the photosensitive recording medium to light in an exposure process to form a latent image thereon, a pressure-developing unit for developing the latent image into a visible image in a developing process, a sheet feeding unit for feeding the photosensitive recording medium through the exposing unit over the pressure-developing unit along a sheet feed path, a sheet rewinding unit for rewinding the photosensitive recording medium after the developing process to feed the photosensitive recording medium to a predetermined position in the sheet feed path, thereby performing a sheet rewinding operation, and a sheet feed control unit for selecting one of at least two modes of first and second modes such as speedy and saving modes and controlling the sheet rewinding unit to carry out the sheet rewinding operation only when the second mode is selected.