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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Motoharu Miki, Hachioji, JP;
Yukitaka Kumagai, Iruma, JP;
Nobuyuki Koyama, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuo Murata, Chofu, JP;
Mineo Hashimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiro Nakanishi, Ome, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a paper support unit for supporting paper carried by a paper carrying unit and an image forming unit for forming an image on the paper, the support unit having a plural grooves formed in its paper support surface along the paper carrying direction and a plural suction holes formed in the groove, and positions of the suction holes in two adjacent grooves being staggered in the paper carrying direction. Alternatively, the support unit includes a first surface portion on which both ends of the paper in the paper widthwise direction are slid and a second surface portion on which an intermediate portion of the paper between the both ends is slid, a length of a paper sliding surface of the first surface portion along the paper carrying direction is set longer than that of the second surface portion.