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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kibayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus include a transport unit, a tension adjusting unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a controller. The transport unit transports continuous paper. The tension adjusting unit adjusts tension of the continuous paper being transported by the transport unit. The transfer unit transfers an image to the continuous paper transported by the transport unit. The fixing unit fixes the image transferred by the transfer unit onto the continuous paper. The controller controls, in a case where the fixing unit is driven in a state in which the fixing unit is separated from the continuous paper and a difference between a transport speed of the transport unit and a fixing speed of the fixing unit has reached a predetermined range, the fixing unit to be in press-contact with the continuous paper.
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