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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Shokyo Koh, Ibaraki, JP;
Eiichi Motoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiko Sato, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Fujimori, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidenori Sunada, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Chiba, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Shokyo Koh, Ibaraki, JP;
Eiichi Motoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiko Sato, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Fujimori, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidenori Sunada, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Chiba, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording sheet including a special sheet, and a controller for allowing the image forming unit to carry out an image forming sequence which forms an image on the recording sheet, wherein the controller allows the image forming unit to control a cleaning operation of the image forming unit in response to image formation on the special sheet by the image forming unit.