Patent ID: 9618895
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet conveyance section configured to convey roll paper; a transfer roller section structured to form a transfer nip; an image forming section structured to transfer a toner image to the roll paper passing through a transfer nip; a transfer roller section included in the image forming section, structured to form the transfer nip; a fixing section structured to fix the toner image on the roll paper passing through a fixing nip; a fixing roller section included in the fixing section, structured to form the fixing nip; a skew detection section structured to detect skew of the roll paper between the transfer nip and the fixing nip; and a control section structured to displace at least one roller of the fixing roller section and the transfer roller section nipping the roll paper to be displaced in a direction of a rotational axis of the at least one roller based on a detection result obtained by the skew detection section such that the roll paper is displaced together with the at least one roller in the direction of the rotational axis of the at least one roller.