Image forming apparatus and image forming method for changing sheet transport spacing according to environmental conditions
US5893009A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0119
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of preventing image noise caused by separation discharge between a photosensitive member and a recording sheet while suppressing to a minimum limit the reduction in production efficiency, by detecting environmental conditions and changing the transport spacing of the recording sheet in accordance with the detected environmental conditions.
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