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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Takamitsu Ikematsu, Osaka, JP;
Ippei Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet-shaped recording medium; a registration roller pair to convey the recording medium to the image forming unit; a sheet feed roller to convey the recording medium to the registration roller pair; and a controller to control driving of the registration roller pair and the sheet feed roller. In such an image forming apparatus, the controller starts driving of the sheet feed roller to feed the recording medium and stops driving of the sheet feed roller before the sheet feed roller has completed conveyance of the recording medium for a distance equal to a length of the settable minimum-sized recording medium in the conveyance direction.