Abstract
While the color printing in offices advances in recent years, the demand of to output monochrome and a color for the same printing speed has increased, and a tandem color printer has been accepted in a market. In order to urge it spread in office, a low price, installation area, realization of a low running cost, and the high quality of image as a color printer are further demanded by the user. Our company realized enhancement of high color quality of image and reduction of printing cost by new device development. Furthermore, the color tandem printer of the class smallest in the world by compact design has been developed.