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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Haruhiko Ishida, Minato-ku, JP;
Haruhiko Ishida, Minato-ku, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a first toner-image forming unit that forms a first monochrome toner image, a first intermediate transfer drum onto which the first monochrome toner image is transferred, a first transfer unit that transfers the first monochrome toner image from the first intermediate transfer drum onto first recording paper, a second toner-image forming unit that forms a second monochrome toner image substantially simultaneously and in parallel with the formation of the first toner image, a second intermediate transfer drum onto which the second monochrome toner image is transferred, a second transfer unit that transfers the second monochrome toner image from the second intermediate transfer drum onto second recording paper, and a paper feeding unit that feeds the first recording paper and the second recording paper to the first transfer unit and the second transfer unit, respectively, substantially simultaneously and in parallel with each other.