Patent ID: 9746810
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet humidification apparatus comprising: a pair of humidification members configured to humidify a sheet while sandwiching the sheet; a water supply section configured to supply water to the humidification members; and a control section configured to control humidification of the sheet by the humidification members and water supply to the humidification members by the water supply section, wherein, when one of the humidification members which is disposed on an upper side in a vertical direction is a first humidification member and the other of the humidification members disposed on a lower side in the vertical direction is a second humidification member, the control section refers to a contacting period during which the humidification members are in contact with each other, and controls the water supply such that a second water supply amount from the water supply section to the second humidification member is smaller than a first water supply amount from the water supply section to the first humidification member.