Image forming apparatus and method for image forming apparatus to convey recording material having an image
US10191419B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00734
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a door for accessing the fixing unit and a member positioned on an upstream side of the fixing unit in a conveyance direction of the recording material, a conveyance path for a recording material having a length in the conveyance direction equal to or longer than a predetermined length, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a recording material. The fixing unit fixes the formed image on the recording material at a nip portion. The recording material with fixed image is conveyed on the conveyance path. In a case where a predetermined recording material is conveyed to the conveyance path when a length of the predetermined recording material in the conveyance direction is shorter than the predetermined length, the control unit stops conveyance of the nipped predetermined recording material at the nip portion.
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