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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Takanobu Yamada, Toyokawa, JP;
Seiichi Munemori, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuusuke Morikami, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G03G 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tandem-type color image forming apparatus forms an image in a monochrome mode or in a full color mode. The apparatus has a controller which delays an image forming operation for a predetermined period of time when a color mode is switched from the monochrome mode to the full color mode during different images are continuously formed.