Patent ID: 9126435
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a conveying device that conveys a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a droplets ejecting device that ejects droplets onto the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device; a drying unit that dries the droplets that have been ejected on the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device, the drying unit comprising a plurality of infrared heaters arranged in the conveyance direction; and a varying unit that varies a conveyance path length from the droplets ejecting device to the drying unit in accordance with at least one of a conveyance speed of the recording medium and an ejected droplets permeation characteristic of the recording medium, wherein the varying unit varies the conveyance path length by varying a drying start position, on an upstream side in the conveyance direction, in a drying area of the drying unit by selecting at least one of the plurality of infrared heaters to be turned on.