Patent ID: 8290381
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a heating device that heats the image formed at the image forming unit, on the recording medium while recording medium is conveyed; a detecting device that is provided on a downstream side of the heating device in a recording medium conveying direction and detects image density and an image defect of the recording medium; and a stabilizing device that is provided between the detecting device and the heating device and stabilizes physical changes in the recording medium, wherein the stabilizing device is configured by a cooling device that cools the recording medium and a curl correcting device that corrects curl generated in the recording medium, and the curl correcting device is provided on a downstream side of the cooling device, the cooling device having higher cooling effect in an upstream side of the curl correcting device than in a downstream side of the curl correcting device.