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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Sekimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshinobu Hamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hasebe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotake Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying device that conveys a recording medium; a droplets ejecting device that ejects droplets onto the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device; a drying unit that dries the droplets that have been ejected on the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device; and a varying unit that varies a conveyance path length from the droplets ejecting device to the drying unit in accordance with at least one of a conveyance speed of the recording medium and an ejected droplets permeation characteristic of the recording medium.