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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Inoue, Machida, JP;
Katsutoshi Sawada, Hino, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey continuous paper in a forward direction and in a reverse direction; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the continuous paper conveyed in the forward direction; a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed onto the continuous paper; an adjusting unit configured to adjust the image forming unit while the continuous paper is conveyed in the reverse direction; and a control unit configured to cause the conveying unit to convey the continuous paper in the reverse direction by an amount equivalent to a predetermined reverse conveyance distance to adjust the bottom edge of the image in a conveying direction to a position on an upstream side of the image forming unit, and cause the conveying unit to convey the continuous paper in the forward direction and cause the image forming unit to resume image formation.