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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1997
Satoshi Haneda, Hachioji, JP;
Kunio Shigeta, Hachioji, JP;
Yotaro Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Fukuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akitoshi Matsubara, Hachioji, JP;
Tadayoshi Ikeda, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming images corresponding to image data of plural pages. The apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; a toner image former for forming a toner image on the photoreceptor in correspondence with the image data; a toner image receiving body for receiving the toner image from the toner image former and for carrying the toner image; the first transfer means for transferring the toner image on the photoreceptor onto one side surface of a transfer sheet; the second transfer means for transferring the toner image on the toner image receiving body onto the other side surface of the transfer sheet; a fixer for fixing the toner image, being transferred onto the transfer sheet, on the transfer sheet; a discharger, having plural discharging modes, for discharging the transfer sheet; and a control means for controlling the toner image former; wherein the control means arranges a combination of a first toner image formation onto the transfer sheet, being performed with the photoreceptor and the first transfer means, and second toner image formation onto the transfer sheet, being performed with the toner image receiving body and the second transfer means, in response to a given order of pages in the image data or to a discharging mode, selected from the discharging modes, of the discharger.