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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hiroi, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a carrying part that carries media, a supply part that forwards the media to the carrying part piece by piece, wherein when a preceding medium is detected to have been fed to the carrying part, a succeeding medium is next fed to the carrying part, and a carrying controller that stops the preceding medium at a stop position of the media before the preceding medium is carried to the image forming process. The carrying controller obtains a medium length of the preceding medium in the carrying path, and changes the stop position of the preceding medium based on the medium length such that the trailing edge of the preceding medium is maintained distant from the leading edge of the succeeding medium while the preceding medium stops at the stop position.