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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Yasunori Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikutaroh Nagatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Koshimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikutaroh Nagatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Koshimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus writes an image to a display recording medium at a write position. The image forming apparatus includes an insertion slot, a transport unit, an image light emitting device and a separating/contacting unit. The display recording medium is inserted into the insertion slot. The transport unit transports the display recording medium inserted, to/from the write position. The image light emitting device includes an emitting surface that emits two-dimensional image light for irradiating a photoconductive layer of the display recording medium at the write position. The separating/contacting unit brings the emitting surface separate from a display recording medium surface when the display recording medium is not opposed to the image light emitting device, while the transport unit transports the display recording medium. The separating/contacting unit brings the emitting surface into proximity to the display recording medium surface when the display recording medium is at the write position.