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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A first reversing inlet path and a second reversing inlet path are branched from a path for transporting a sheet having an image formed thereon by a printer unit. A first reversing path and a second reversing path are connected respectively to the first reversing inlet path and the second reversing inlet path. The sheet having the image formed thereon by the printer unit is transported through the first reversing inlet path or the second reversing inlet path for reversing the sheet. When one of the first reversing inlet path and the second reversing inlet path is unusable, the sheet reversing operation is continued using the other reversing inlet path.