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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1989
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for feeding a photosensitive recording sheet having a leader on which characteristic information for the photosensitive recording sheet, such as exposure and development characteristics, is recorded. The apparatus having the capability to read the characteristic information and mechanisms for performing exposure, development and other processes on the basis of the read-out characteristic information, the capability comprising plural rollers disposed spacedly away from one another along a sheet feeding path for feeding the photosensitive recording sheet along the sheet feeding path and a detector disposed between two rollers of the plural rollers for reading out the characteristic information on the leader.