Patent ID: 6985687
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one first image carrier on which an image is to be formed; an endless, intermediate image transfer belt to which the image is to be transferred from said first image carrier; and at least one second image carrier on which an image is to be formed; wherein said first and second image carriers and said intermediate image transfer belt are arranged such that the image formed on said second image carrier is directly transferred to a first side of a recording medium while the image transferred to said intermediate image transfer belt is transferred to a second side of said recording medium, said intermediate image transfer belt is elongate in an up-and-down direction, and a plurality of medium feeders are arranged one above the other at one side of said intermediate image transfer belt, and each is loaded with a stack of recording media to be fed toward an image transfer position.