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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Torimaru, Kagoshima, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Torimaru, Kagoshima, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing unit that fixes the image formed on the recording medium by the image forming unit by applying heat; a first detector unit that detects a length of the recording medium in a transport direction, the first detector unit being disposed upstream of the fixing unit in the transport direction; and a second detector unit that detects the length of the recording medium in the transport direction, the second detector unit being disposed downstream of the fixing unit in the transport direction.