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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Hideyuki Nukumi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Nukumi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device makes a sheet pass between first rotating member and separator in a pressed position, causes second rotating member pair to transport a sheet, transports the sheet from second rotating member pair with the sheet held between third rotating member and image carrier in a transfer position, transfers an image formed on image carrier onto the sheet, and suspends rotation of first rotating member when a portion of the sheet, which is distance L away from the sheet's rear end, passes the pressed position. Provided that length≧(M+L) and length(M+L) where M is a distance from the pressed position to the transfer position, when the sheet has lengthin a transport direction, the device delays image formation start and/or advances sheet transport start, by a predetermined time period as compared to when the sheet has lengthin the transport direction.