Electrophotographic apparatus and method

摘要

An electrophotographic apparatus of this invention includes a stacking section (2) for cut sheet; a stacking section (4) for fanfold paper; a feed section (6) for supplying printing paper which is cut sheet or fanfold paper from one of the stacking sections (2,4) via one of different supplying paths; an exposure unit (44) for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum (40); a developing unit (46) for developing the latent image into a toner image; a belt conveyer (60) for conveying the printing paper received from the feed section (6) along a common feeding path, a transferring unit (48) for the toner image of the photosensitive drum (40) onto the printing paper; a fixing unit (122) for fixing the transferred toner image on the printing paper; an ejecting section (10) for receiving the printed printing paper from the belt conveyer (60); and a cutting device (172) for cutting apart the printed fanfold paper at the perforation line thereof. The fanfold paper left behind on the common feeding path after the cutting operation is set back to a position which does not obstruct supply of cut paper in the feed section (6).