Patent ID: 8770696
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording material feeding device for feeding a recording material on which an image is to be formed by a droplet of ink ejected from recording means, said recording material feeding device comprising: a feeding roller pair for feeding the recording material; feeding means for feeding the recording material to said feeding roller pair; and a control portion for controlling said feeding means so that the recording material is fed to form a bend in a state in which a leading edge of the recording material contacts a nip of said feeding roller pair; wherein, in a first mode said control portion controls said feeding means so that a bending degree of the recording material which has been subjected to recording on a first surface of the recording material is larger than that of the recording material which has not been subjected to recording, and in a second mode said control portion controls said feeding means so that a bending degree of the recording material which has been subjected to recording on a first surface of the recording material is equivalent to that of the recording material which has not been subjected to recording.