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(11) EP 0 404 418 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.12.1990 Bulletin 1990/52

(21) Application number: 90306349.3

(22) Date of filing: 11.06.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03G 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 21.06.1989 JP 159086/89
29.06.1989 JP 167890/89
10.07.1989 JP 177590/89
10.07.1989 JP 177591/89

(71) Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION
Tokyo 160 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kasahara, Seitaro
    Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Itakura, Haruo
    Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kurihara, Susumu
    Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Ishii, Hiroshi
    Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Wood, Anthony Charles et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord 91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH
London W1M 8AH (GB)


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    (54) Image forming apparatus


    (57) An image forming apparatus wherein a recording medium (P) stored in a storage device (56) is first detected by a detection device (74) and the recording medium (P) is abutted against a second paper feed roller (58), the second paper feed roller (58) being driven by a controller (76) for feeding the abutted recording medium (P) to an image forming unit, at the timing at which the tip of an image in the image forming unit is in accord with the tip of the recording medium (P) for each of the size of the recording medium.







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