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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000

Filed:

Dec. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:

Tatsuhito Kataoka, Numazu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 45 ; 270 5805 ; 270 5809 ; 412 11 ;
Abstract

When a surface sheet manufacture mode is selected, a CPU calculates a size of a back sheet portion of a surface sheet, on the basis of a sheet thickness detected by a sheet thickness detect portion, a consumed toner amount calculated by an estimate circuit and the number of transfer materials counted. After the predetermined number of imaged transfer materials are outputted, a transfer material having a size accommodating with the calculated size of the back sheet portion, whereby information for determining the size of back sheet portion of the surface sheet can be inputted correctly.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kataoka, Tatsuhito. (2000). Image forming apparatus with back sheet portion determination for a (U.S. Patent No. 6070023). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6070023

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