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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sekine, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sekine, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeder, a carriage, a cutter, a cutter unit, and a controller. A first standby position and a second standby position are disposed on both ends of a range of movement of the carriage. The carriage does not contact the cutter unit at each of the first standby position and the second standby position. The controller is configured to control the carriage and the cutter unit to overlappingly move. In an image recording condition in which images are consecutively recorded in a plurality of pages on a sheet, the controller is configured to change a direction of movement of the carriage at a leading end of a page so that the direction of movement of the carriage is the same as a direction of movement of the cutter unit at a sheet cutting position at which the cutter cuts the sheet.