Patent ID: 6542711
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming unit configured to form an image on a first surface of a medium; a guide member that is curved to become convex against the first surface of the medium passed through the image forming unit; a conveying mechanism configured to convey the medium on which the image is formed toward a discharge unit by curving the medium along the guide member, the conveying mechanism including a pair of discharge rollers to discharge the medium to the discharge unit by clamping the medium at the downstream side of the guide member; and a controller configured to control the conveying speed by the conveying mechanism along the conveying direction of the medium by the conveying mechanism so as to make the conveying speed at the downstream side from the guide member slower than that at the upper stream side from the guide member, the controller configured to control the conveying speed of the pair of discharge rollers to a speed slower than a process speed in the image forming unit by about 1.5%.