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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Masashi Yamamoto, Hitachi, JP;
Toru Miyasaka, Hitachi, JP;
Masaru Nakano, Tsukuba, JP;
Akira Shimada, Hitachi, JP;
Kenji Mori, Tsuchiura, JP;
Akira Sasaki, Hitachi, JP;
Kazuhiro Wakamatsu, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system having multiple photoconductors arranged in a line and forming one body as one unit, multiple development devices and multiple exposure devices arranged on one side of the line of the multiple photoconductors, an intermediate transfer device arranged on the other side of the line of the multiple photoconductors and a form cassette arranged below the line of the multiple photoconductors. The image forming system further includes a transfer device and a fusing device arranged at an opposite side of the intermediate transfer device with respect to the line of the multiple photoconductors.