Patent ID: 7992991
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium, comprising: a conveyance roller; a driven roller; a conveyance belt which is rotated by the conveyance roller while supported by the conveyance roller and the driven roller and which is configured to convey the recording medium while electrostatically attracting the recording medium; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording medium; a carriage configured to move and scan in a main scanning direction; a carriage guide guiding the carriage; a recording head installed in the carriage, to eject liquid droplet, disposed downstream from the carriage guide in a conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed on the conveyance belt, substantially perpendicular to the main scanning direction; a pressing member configured to press the recording medium against the conveyance belt at a position between the conveyance roller and the image forming unit, disposed upstream from the recording head in the conveyance direction and facing the conveyance roller via the conveyance belt; and a sheet tip pressing member disposed at a position that is beneath the carriage and between the recording head and the carriage guide, at a position being closer, than the pressing member, to the recording head, and configured to press the recording medium against the conveyance belt.