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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Mituru Takahashi, Shiroishi, JP;
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Abstract
A stencil printer capable of printing a multicolor image on a sheet of the present invention includes a plurality of drums arranged side by side in an intended direction of sheet transport at a preselected interval. Ink of particular color is fed to the inner periphery of each drum carrying a respective master around its outer periphery. An intermediate transport device transports a sheet from an upstream drum to a downstream drum. A controller controls the sheet conveyance speed of the intermediate transport device and/or the print conveyance speed of the downstream drum in accordance with the size and/or the position of the sheet. The printer allows a minimum of double printing and misregister to occur by making up for a delay of transport of the sheet to the downstream drum.