Color image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. A color image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image data input device receiving color image data for one page in a form divided into a plurality of data for each of a corresponding plurality of colors;
an image forming device converting image data for each of the plurality of colors to a visible image; and
a printer controller receiving image data for each of the plurality of colors at an irregular interval and driving the image forming device, upon receiving the image data for one color, to form an image of the one color whose data has been received, and after completing image formation for all of the plurality of colors, forming a final image and outputting the final image on a recording media as a visible image.
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Abstract
A color image forming apparatus is provided with a printer controller which is capable of receiving color image data for one page, which is divided into a plurality of data for each of a corresponding plurality of colors, at an irregular interval, and, upon receiving the image data for one color, driving an image forming device to form an image of the color whose data has been received, and after images of all of the plurality of colors are completed, outputting the final image on a recording media. The image forming device may also include, an intermediate image transfer belt for forming thereupon an image of each of the plurality of colors, superposing one on another, and a leading edge detect sensor to detect a leading edge of an image of each of the plurality of colors for registering the leading edges of images of the plurality of colors. The apparatus may further include, in addition to a scanner and a printer, a system controller which issues an image formation command for each of the plurality of colors to the scanner and the printer at a regular interval in a copy mode, and to the printer at an irregular interval in a print mode.
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11 Claims
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1. A color image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image data input device receiving color image data for one page in a form divided into a plurality of data for each of a corresponding plurality of colors; an image forming device converting image data for each of the plurality of colors to a visible image; and a printer controller receiving image data for each of the plurality of colors at an irregular interval and driving the image forming device, upon receiving the image data for one color, to form an image of the one color whose data has been received, and after completing image formation for all of the plurality of colors, forming a final image and outputting the final image on a recording media as a visible image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A color image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a printer module including;
an image data input device receiving color image data for one page in a form divided into a plurality of data for each of a corresponding plurality of colors, an image forming device converting image data for each of the plurality of colors to a visible image, and a printer controller receiving image data for each of the plurality of colors at an irregular interval and driving the image forming device, upon receiving the image data for one color, to form an image of the one color whose data has been received, and after completing image formation for all of the plurality of colors, forming a final image and outputting the final image on a recording media as a visible image; a scanner module including; an image reading device reading an image, separating the image in color for each picture element, an image processing device converting color image data which are obtained by the image reading device to image recording data, and an image data output device; and
a system control module including;a copy processor issuing to the scanner module and the printer module an image formation command for each of the plurality of colors at a regular interval, and a print processor issuing to the printer module an image formation command for each of the plurality of colors at an irregular interval.
- a printer module including;
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6. A color image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image data input means for receiving color image data for one page in a form divided into a plurality of data for each of a corresponding plurality of colors; an image forming means for converting image data for each of the plurality of colors to a visible image; and a printer control means for receiving image data for each of the plurality of colors at an irregular interval and driving the image forming means, upon receiving the image data for one color, to form an image of the one color whose data has been received, and after completing image formation for all of the plurality of colors, forming a final image and outputting the final image on a recording means as a visible image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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