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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2006
Hiromichi Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Okamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuto Yokokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromichi Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Okamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuto Yokokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a belt stretched across rollers and a resist rotary member that feeds out a recording medium on the belt. A correlation between a velocity of the belt and the resist rotary member is obtained. A target velocity of the belt or the resist rotary member, at which a difference between the velocity when the recording medium is in contact with both the belt and the resist rotary member and the velocity when the recording medium is not in contact with at least either the belt or the resist rotary member is minimum, is determined based on the correlation.