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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including plural image forming portions that form an image on a recording medium, and a transport unit that transports the recording medium to at least one image forming portion selected among the plural image forming portions, wherein the transport unit includes plural transport paths that are different at least in an image forming portion, to which the recording medium is transported, among the plural image forming portions, and in an order of the recording medium transported to each image forming portion constituting the image forming portion to which the recording medium is transported.