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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Takahisa Narikiyo, Osaka, JP;
Takahisa Narikiyo, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a pair of rollers that rotate, that selectively carries out forward direction transport and switchback transport, including a guide member provided at a downstream side from the rollers in the forward direction transport that moves to either a first position or a second position, and a control portion causing the guide member to move to the first position during the forward direction transport and causing the guide member to move to the second position during the switchback transport. The first position is a position in which the guide member is retracted from a path of the recording paper on a downstream side from the rollers in the forward direction transport. The second position is a position in which the recording paper sandwiched between the rollers can be received on the guide member.