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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicant:
Akihiro Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a recording head, a transport belt, a pressure roller, an inlet detection sensor, a leading edge detection sensor, and a control unit. The control unit controls the leading edge of the sheet to stop at the nip portion of the pressure roller and the transport belt based on the detection by the inlet detection sensor. When the leading edge of a sheet is not detected by the leading edge sensor, the leading edge position of the sheet is set based on a stop position at a nip portion of the pressure roller and the transport belt.