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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an image forming portion, a curling correction portion, and a speed control portion. The image forming portion forms an image on a recording medium. The curling correction portion has one pair of rollers composed of members that respectively have different elasticities and are pressed against each other, and corrects curling that has occurred in the recording medium after image formation performed thereon by the image forming portion, by conveying the recording medium sandwiched with the roller pair. The speed control portion changes a conveyance speed of the recording medium by the roller pair based on a density value of an image formed on the recording medium.