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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Joh Ebara, Kamakura, JP;
Handa Seiichi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Matsuda Yuji, Inagi, JP;
Kouji Amanai, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhisa Ehara, Kamakura, JP;
Kobayashi Kazuhiko, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshiyuki Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Funamoto, Machida, JP;
Sugiyama Keisuke, Yokohama, JP;
Joh Ebara, Kamakura, JP;
Handa Seiichi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Matsuda Yuji, Inagi, JP;
Kouji Amanai, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhisa Ehara, Kamakura, JP;
Kobayashi Kazuhiko, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshiyuki Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Funamoto, Machida, JP;
Sugiyama Keisuke, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium, capable of reducing deterioration of image bearer, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a driver to move the image bearer, a image forming device to form a visible image on the image bearer, a contacting member to form a nip by contacting with the image bearer, and a controller to control the driver for driving stop with a distance shifted on a surface of the image bearer from a start of driving. An amount of the shifted distance is greater than a width of the nip and is not a divisional number of a peripheral length of the image bearer.