Patent ID: 8746830
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming member that jets liquid droplets onto a recording medium and forms an image on a front face of the recording medium; a tension imparting member that induces tension of 100 N/m to 1000 N/m in the recording medium on which the image has been formed by the image forming member, the tension imparting member comprising: a drying member that dries the image formed on the front face of the recording medium, when tension is induced in the recording medium by the tension imparting member, to a residual moisture level of 3 g/m a moving member that moves the suction-attachment plate towards a recording medium conveying direction downstream side while the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying member is in a suction-attached state, wherein tension is induced in the recording medium by a movement speed of the suction-attachment plate due to the moving member being slower than a movement speed of the recording medium due to the conveying member.