Patent ID: 8752834
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing device including a pair of first rotating members, the fixing device fixing an image to a recording medium by interposing the recording medium on which the image is formed between the pair of first rotating members, a peripheral velocity of the pair of first rotating members being variable, and the pair of first rotating members comprising a fixing roller that fixes the image by heating; a first transport path having a curved portion where the recording medium is curved, the first transport path being for transporting the recording medium to which the image is fixed by the pair of first rotating members; a first transporting section including a pair of second rotating members provided downstream from the curved portion of the first transport path, the first transporting section transporting the recording medium downstream by interposing the recording medium between the pair of second rotating members, a peripheral velocity of the pair of second rotating members being variable; and a controller that controls so that, while the recording medium is interposed between the pair of first rotating members and interposed between the pair of second rotating members, the peripheral velocity of the second rotating members and the peripheral velocity of the first rotating members are reduced at the same time, or the peripheral velocity of the second rotating members is reduced before reducing the peripheral velocity of the first rotating members.