Patent ID: 6712444
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:first recording means disposed at a location which allows said first recording means to face a principal surface of a recording medium, said first recording means serving to form an image on a surface of said recording medium by applying a recording agent, via a recording head, to the principal surface of said recording medium; first conveying means for conveying said recording medium to said first recording means; second recording means disposed at a location which allows said second recording means to face a back surface of said recording medium, said second recording means serving to form an image on the back surface of said recording medium by applying a recording agent, via a recording head, to the back surface of said recording medium; second conveying means disposed on an extension of the conveying path of said first conveying means, said second conveying means serving to receive said recording medium from said first conveying means and convey it to said second recording means; and both-side alignment controlling means for controlling the positions where images are formed so that the image formed on the back surface of said recording medium by said second recording means becomes coincident with the image formed on the principal surface of said recording medium by said first recording means.