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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1997
Toshimasa Toyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Hino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Tonomoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaaki Ohyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Hirao, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Wada, Kawasaki, JP;
Mituaki Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Chinzei, Kato-gun, JP;
Katsumi Adachi, Kato-gun, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of process units contacting a continuous recording medium and transferring images on the recording medium, a separating and contacting mechanism for controlling at least one of the recording medium and each of the process units to a separated state where the recording medium and the process unit are separated from each other and a contacting state where the recording medium and the process unit contact each other, and a controller for controlling the separating and contacting mechanism at a position where the process unit confronts a non-printing region on the recording medium so as to put the recording medium and the process unit to the contacting state.