Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Masataka Momma

Kei Tanaka

Norio Ogawahara

Takayuki Ukawa

Hideki Kuge

Minoru Yoshida

Hirotake Eguchi

Kazuyuki Yagata

Chihiro Iijima

Toshihiro Goda

Shohei Miyagawa

Yasuhiro Kurokawa

A recording-medium transport device includes: a rotating first and second member, the first and second member forming a nip area therebetween and transporting a recording medium while nipping; a gripping member that grips the recording medium; a separating member that separates the recording medium passing through the nip area from the first or second member; and a control mechanism that controls contact and separation between the first and second member and opening and closing the gripping member where, in a first section, the gripping member passes between the first and second member, the first and second member are separated, and the gripping member is opened to release the recording medium until the first and second member come into contact with each other and, in a second section subsequent to the first section and before the recording medium reaches the separating member, the gripping member opens wider than the first section.

Recording-medium transport device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes at least a load unit, a driving unit that drives the load unit, and a controller that controls the driving unit. The controller determines that at least one of the load unit and the driving unit malfunctions if a velocity change time period that the driving unit has taken to reach a second velocity from a first velocity is off a predetermined threshold value.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masataka Momma