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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Kokubunji, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connectable to a post-processing apparatus via a carriage path for carrying continuous paper includes: a hardware processor that accepts a stop position of the continuous paper on the carriage path; a carrier that carries the continuous paper along the carriage path; an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper; a fuser that heats and presses the continuous paper passing through a nip portion formed by pressing bodies of revolution against each other to fix the image; and the hardware processor that switches between first control that, after the last image among the images formed on the continuous paper passes the fuser, stops carriage of the continuous paper and then separates the pressed bodies of revolution, and second control that separates the pressed bodies of revolution and then stops the carriage of the continuous paper, on the basis of the accepted stop position.