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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Tamaki, Saitama, JP;
Hirofumi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Matsudaira, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet humidification apparatus includes a detect sensor that detects a position of a sheet which is being conveyed; a humidifier that changes a humidification amount and humidifies the sheet; and a controller that controls the humidifier such that a first region on a front end side of the sheet in a conveyance direction is humidified with a first humidification amount, and a second region of the sheet other than the first region is humidified with a second humidification amount larger than the first humidification amount in accordance with a position of the sheet detected by the detect sensor.