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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yusuke Nishisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0135 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: an opposite roller switching mechanism which switches an opposite roller forming a transfer nip to a second opposite roller of which the outer diameter is different from the outer diameter of a first opposite roller; a paper type information acquirer which acquires the type information of a recording medium used; and a controller which controls the opposite roller switching mechanism based on the type information acquired from the paper type information acquirer.