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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Yasuhiko Kachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Kachi, Kanagawa, JP;
FujiFilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a formation unit that forms an image on a first surface of a recording medium; a suction conveyance unit that conveys the recording medium to the formation unit while suctioning the recording medium onto a guide surface; a switchback conveyance unit that inverts the recording medium on whose first surface an image has been formed to allow a second surface of the recording medium to be used as an image formation surface, and conveys the recording medium to the suction conveyance unit; and a conditioning unit that conditions the first surface of the recording medium, wherein the conditioning unit controls a rate of moisture absorption of a surface of the recording medium and causes the recording medium that is fed to the suction conveyance unit via the switchback conveyance unit to bend such that the center portion thereof separates from the guide surface.