| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To reutilize a reversible thermal recording medium once used in recording by providing a control means applying recording to a recording medium other than the reversible thermal recording medium by a thermal recording means when the thermal recording means is selected. CONSTITUTION:When an image forming apparatus 1 starts the formation of an image, a CPU investigates the detection result of a detection switch 13 and judges whether plain paper or reversible thermal recording paper is set and, when the plain paper is set, a heater 16 is not operated. When a predetermined quantity of feed is completed and the reversible thermal recording paper becomes a turbidity state during feed, printing paper 10 is fed to the gap between a thermal head 22 and a platen 24 to perform printing operation and this printing operation is repeated until a page end signal or a printing completion signal comes. In the case of the page end signal, the next printing paper 10 is separated to be fed and, in the case of the printing completion signal, delivery operation is performed.</p> |
