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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Katada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/2078 (2013.01); G03G 15/2085 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet; a toner image forming section configured to form a toner image on the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section; a fixing section configured to fix the toner image formed by the toner image forming section on the long sheet; and an information presenting section configured to display information relating to sheet conveyance, the information relating to sheet conveyance including waste sheet information indicating a conveyance amount of the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section during a non-image formation period.