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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Atsushi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1665 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00257 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00489 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00763 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer to bear a visible image, a transfer device to transfer the visible image from the image bearer onto a recording medium, a separator to separate the recording medium from the image bearer, a separation bias application device to apply a separation bias to the separator; and a controller to control the separation bias. When the recording medium fed in the image forming apparatus is either a black sheet or a metallic sheet, the controller sets the separation bias smaller than a predetermined separation bias value for a reference sheet type other than the black sheet and the metallic sheet.