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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Nakatsuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasumitsu Harashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaharu Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Nakatsuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transport member that transports a recording medium, an image carrier that carries a toner image, a transfer member that transfers the toner image onto the recording medium, a fixing device that fixes the toner image, a reversing path that reverses the recording medium, and a controller. When the toner image is a borderless image and there is a burr on an edge portion of the recording medium, the controller controls the transport member, the image carrier, and the transfer member so that the recording medium passes between the image carrier and the transfer member and through the fixing device without the toner image being transferred onto the recording medium, and then the recording medium is transported along the reversing path to between the image carrier and the transfer member and the toner image is transferred onto the recording medium.