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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Yoshihisa Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0036 (2013.01); B41J 11/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying paper, an image forming unit for forming an image on the paper, and a paper discharge tray where the image-formed paper is discharged and loaded at a predetermined discharge angle by the conveying device. The conveying device is controlled in a manner that a discharge speed of a first sheet of the paper is different from a discharge speed of second and subsequent sheets of the paper.