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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Hiroe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a supplying unit that supplies a continuous recording material, an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording material supplied from the supplying unit, a fixing unit that fixes the image formed on the recording material by the image forming unit, a collecting unit that collects the recording material having passed through the fixing unit, a detecting device that detects a change in tension of the recording material running between the image forming unit and the fixing unit, and a tension adjusting device that adjusts the tension acting on the recording material such that the change in the tension of the recording material falls within a permissible range if the change in the tension of the recording material that is detected by the detecting device exceeds the predetermined permissible range.