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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Shunsuke Hamahashi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Shunsuke Hamahashi, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6564 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a recording medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium from the storage unit; an image formation unit configured to perform an image formation for forming an image to be transferred onto the recording medium conveyed from the storage unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a start of the image formation. Upon the detection unit detecting the start of the image formation, the conveyance unit moves the recording medium by a predetermined distance from the storage unit.