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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2004
Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a platen, a transporting device, and a suction device. The image forming unit forms an image on one surface of a printing medium. The transporting device transports the printing medium in a transportation direction along the platen while the other surface of the printing medium faces a surface of the platen. The suction device sucks air. The platen includes a plurality of rollers, which are rotatable around rotation axes perpendicular to the transportation direction and protrude from the surface of the platen, and a suction opening which is defined on the surface of the platen and communicates with the suction device.