Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104947-B2
Application number	US-201314106593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2013
Priority date	Jan 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus which performs a printing job and an erasing job is provided. Included is a control unit which, in a case of performing the other job after any one of the printing job and the erasing job, controls a transporting unit of the sheet so that the sheet for the other job is transported to a predetermined standby position from a sheet feeding unit while the one job is performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus for performing a printing job and an erasing job, comprising:
a sheet feeding unit configured to accommodate sheets;
an image forming unit configured to form the image on the sheet in a case of performing the printing job;
a register roller configured to transport the sheet to the image formation position at a timing at which the image forming apparatus forms the image on the sheet, the register roller being positioned upstream…

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Umetsu Toshiyuki

Classifications

• B41J2202/37

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G06K15/028 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• B41J2/32

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic