The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1995
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a first transporting path for transporting the recording medium for forming an image on the recording medium by using a first image forming unit, a second transporting path for transporting the recording medium for forming an image on the recording medium by using a second image forming unit which forms the image by an image forming method which is different from a method employed by the first image forming unit, and a controller for controlling the apparatus in a black image selection mode, in which the first transporting path is selected in accordance with black image data for forming a black image on the recording medium, and the recording medium is transported through the selected first transporting path to form a black image on the recording medium, a color image selection mode, in which the second transporting path is selected in accordance with image data including color image data for forming a color image on the recording medium and the recording medium is transported through the selected second transporting path to form a color image on the recording medium, and a forcible selection mode in which the first transporting path is selected even if the image data includes color image data to transport the recording medium through the selected first transporting path to form a black image on the recording medium.