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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Narumasa Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyuki Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kamisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toyofumi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Kuribayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinari Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Eri, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming unit that forms and continuously transfers a toner image based on image data onto a transported sheet from the front to the rear in a sheet transport direction as the sheet is transported, a fixing unit positioned downstream of the toner image forming unit in the transport direction and that fixes the transferred toner image onto the sheet, an image determining unit that determines whether the formed toner image is a scattering toner image that causes toner scattering during the transfer, and a speed controlling unit that controls, when it is determined that the toner image is a scattering toner image, a transport speed of the sheet and a transfer speed of the toner image to the sheet such that the speeds are slower than those when it is determined that the toner image is not a scattering toner image.