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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Shigeyuki Miya, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiromichi Miyoshi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Matsushita Graphic Communications Systems, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a recording apparatus capable of detecting whether a transfer unit is an unused unit or not, including a cover that covers a transfer medium over which a plurality of color images is superimposed to form a color image and has an opening that exposes part of the transfer medium, pasting one end of a seal for detecting whether the transfer unit is an unused unit or not near the opening of the cover in the direction in which the transfer medium moves, pasting the other end of the unused unit detecting seal to the transfer medium through the opening. This allows one end of the unused unit detecting seal to be pasted to the transfer medium through the opening and the other end of the seal to be pasted to the cover near the opening in the direction in which the transfer medium moves. With the unused unit detecting seal pasted in this way, it is possible to detect whether this transfer unit is an unused unit or not.