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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Otsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Suwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masae Takabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Hironaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Shiota, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to, when humidity detected by a humidity sensor is equal to or above a preset value with paper sheets stacked in a paper sheet holder being fed to an image forming unit, perform control to set a separation operation time used to separate in a separation operation a single paper sheet from multiple paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet holder to be longer than the separation operation time used when the detected humidity is lower than the preset value.