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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co.,ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kibayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. A transfer unit is disposed in the image forming apparatus to be contactable to and separable from an image carrier and transfers an image on the image carrier to a continuous recording medium. A fixing unit fixes the image on the continuous recording medium by sandwiching it between first and second fixing members. The first and second fixing members are disposed in the image forming apparatus to be contactable to and separable from each other. The position adjusting image detector detects a position adjusting image on the image carrier. A controller performs control so that the first and second fixing members contact each other and the image carrier and the transfer unit contact each other and thereafter so that the position adjusting image is detected by the position adjusting image detector after a transport state of the continuous recording medium is stabilized.