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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jota Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutaka Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Okabe, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Ryu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Sawai, Ebina, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a rotating fixing unit, a switching unit, and a control unit. The rotating fixing unit has a surface, the surface fixing a toner image on a recording medium by contacting the recording medium. The switching unit switches between transportation directions in which the recording sheet is transported such that an orientation of a predetermined side of the recording medium with respect to the fixing unit matches either an orientation corresponding to a first direction in which the central axis of the fixing unit extends or an orientation corresponding to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The control unit controls the switching unit such that the recording medium is transported in a direction corresponding to a smaller one of integration values obtained along the first direction and the second direction.