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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 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 ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/00 (2006.01); B65H 33/04 (2006.01); B41L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer, as an image forming apparatus, reverses the front and back sides of tab sheets that became no longer necessary and discharges when a reverse discharge is specified.