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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Hideki Hino, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Takano, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuo Okunishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyohashi, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording sheet transporting member which has an inappropriate portion not suitable for forming an image and which transports a recording sheet while holding the recording sheet thereon, the recording sheet transporting member being endless, and a recording sheet feeding member which feeds the recording sheet to the recording sheet transporting member. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller. The controller controls at least one of the recording sheet transporting member and the recording sheet feeding member in accordance with data regarding a characteristic of the recording sheet so that the recording sheet is fed to the recording sheet transporting member so as not to be located on the inappropriate portion in a case where the image forming apparatus is in a first mode, and so that the recording sheet is fed to the recording sheet transporting member regardless of the inappropriate portion in a case where the image forming apparatus is in a second mode.