Patent ID: 6577843
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a rotatable-image carrier; a writing exposure device to write the image and form a latent image in the rotatable image carrier; a developing device to form a toner image by developing the latent image; a registration roller to convey a transfer sheet to an image transfer area where the toner image is transferred from the image carrier onto the transfer sheet; a fixing roller to heat and fix the toner image on the transfer sheet, and a controller to control the image forming apparatus, wherein in cases where a length of the transfer sheet is longer than a length of a transfer sheet path between a nip position of the registration roller and a nip position of the fixing roller, according to a size of the transfer sheet, the controller changes and controls a relative rotating speed of the registration roller to a rotating speed of the fixing roller, and one of a rotating speed of the rotatable image carrier and a writing speed of the image onto the rotatable image carrier.