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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Toshimi Shinchi, Saitama, JP;
Tamotsu Sakuraba, Sagamihara, JP;
Inventors:
Toshimi Shinchi, Saitama, JP;
Tamotsu Sakuraba, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The printer as an image forming apparatus supplies a plurality of types of tab sheet, and distinguishably discharges the tab sheets that became no longer necessary according to the type of tab sheets.