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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 7369785 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2005

Image forming apparatus capable of forming at least one input image on at least one sheet surface and also of forming a selected prestored image on an otherwise blank surface of the sheet

Applicants:

Kenichiro Imayoshi, Souraku-gun, JP;

Koji Yakushiji, Souraku-gun, JP;

Hidemi Sakata, Ikoma-gun, JP;

Masako Shinozuka, Nara, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichiro Imayoshi, Souraku-gun, JP;

Koji Yakushiji, Souraku-gun, JP;

Hidemi Sakata, Ikoma-gun, JP;

Masako Shinozuka, Nara, JP;

Assignee:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;

Attorneys:

David G. Conlin

David A. Tucker

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

Primary Examiner:

David M Gray

Assistant Examiner:

Ryan D Walsh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

At forming an image only on one side of a sheet, an image forming unit is controlled by a control unit to form a back-side pattern image on the back side of the sheet. At forming images on both sides of sheets, when a blank side where no image is formed exists, similarly, the back-side pattern image is formed on the blank side. In single-sided printing, a back-side pattern image is formed on the back side of the sheet. In double-sided printing, a predetermined image is formed on a blank page and thus no blank page occurs. It is therefore possible to prevent the back side of a sheet on which an important document is printed from being used for other purpose, and consequently security is enhanced.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Imayoshi, Kenichiro. (2008). Image forming apparatus capable of forming at least one input image on at least one sheet surface and also of forming a selected prestored image on an otherwise blank surface of the sheet (U.S. Patent No. 7369785). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7369785

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