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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Image forming apparatus having a retracting and a moving mechanisms and image forming method thereof
Taku Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transparent image forming unit having a transparent image carrier; plural color image forming units arranged on a downstream side in a process direction of the transparent image forming unit, the color image forming units having color image carriers; a black image forming unit arranged between the transparent image forming unit and the color image forming unit or on the downstream side of the color image forming units, the black image forming unit having a black image carrier; an intermediate transfer member to which the toner images formed in the respective image carriers are transferred; a retracting mechanism that brings the transparent image carrier into contact with or separates it from the intermediate transfer member; and a moving unit that brings the intermediate transfer member into contact with or separates it from the color image carrier.
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