Patent ID: 8818212
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a transfer portion which transfers a toner image to sheet; a sheet recognizing portion which recognizes a position of the sheet; a fixing unit which fixes the toner image transferred by the transfer portion to the sheet; a suction conveying portion which has an endless belt member arranged between the transfer portion and the fixing unit and which conveys a sheet while attracting the sheet a conveying face of the belt member by suction; a moving portion which moves the belt member so that the upstream side in a sheet conveyance direction of the conveying face of the belt member is moved close to the transfer portion or apart from the transfer portion; and a position controller which controls the moving portion so as to move the upstream side of the conveying face of the belt member to a position close to the transfer portion when the sheet recognizing portion determines that a rear end of a sheet fed from the transfer portion has passed through the transfer portion and a front end of the sheet has not reached the fixing unit.