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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a print medium, a conveyance unit, art image forming unit, a cutter unit, a holding unit, a sensor, and a controller. The print medium has an adhesive face with no separation sheet. The cutter unit cuts the medium having an image formed into a print medium piece. The holding unit is configured to hold the piece in a state in which the piece is drawable from outside of the body. The holding unit has a surface separatable from an adhesive face of the piece to hold the adhesive face of the piece. The sensor detects presence or absence of the piece held by the holding unit. After the sensor detects that the piece is drawn out, the controller controls the conveyance unit to convey the medium to the holding unit and controls the holding unit to hold the medium.