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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Junichi Murakami, Ebina, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Ebina, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Ebina, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Ebina, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Ebina, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Ebina, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Ebina, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Ebina, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Ebina, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Ebina, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Ebina, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Ebina, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Ebina, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a transfer member transfers the image carried on the outer circumferential surface of the image carrier onto a recording medium; a holding member that holds, on an outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, the recording medium fed to the transfer member; and a control unit that performs control so that in first image formation operation in which images of plural colors carried by the image carrier are sequentially transferred onto a single recording medium one color at a time, the holding member holds the recording medium on the transfer member, and in second image formation operation in which an image of a single color carried by the image carrier is transferred onto a single recording medium, the holding member does not hold, the recording medium on the transfer member.