Patent ID: 6816685
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus, comprising:an image forming section that forms a toner image on a medium; a first medium-transporting section that transports the medium onto which the toner image has been transferred; a second medium-transporting section that receives the medium transported from said first medium transporting section, and further transports the medium, said second medium-transporting section being disposed downstream of said first medium-transporting section with respect to a direction of travel of the medium; and a controller that controls at least one of a first transport speed of said first medium-transporting section and a second transport speed of said second medium-transporting section, so that a relative speed of said first medium-transporting section and said second medium-transporting section is changed in accordance with a distance from a reference position over which the medium is advanced by said second medium-transporting section; wherein said controller sets the second transport speed higher than the first transport speed when the medium has traveled over a distance longer than a predetermined length from the reference position.