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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Masaru Yamagishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company , Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A duplex recording method for an image forming apparatus stores page-by-page image data in a storage in the order of page and records, among the image data, two consecutive pages of image data on the front and rear of a recording medium, respectively. At this instant, the method records the image data on the rear of the recording medium carrying an image on the front and a new recording medium alternately by using an interleaf control system. Assume that images are continuously recorded on the fronts of n consecutive recording media at the initial stage of printing. Then, the method continuously records images on the fronts of n+1 consecutive recording media at the final stage of printing. An apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.