Patent ID: 7574153
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming method, comprising: forming a toner image on an image carrier of an image forming apparatus; transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto an intermediate transfer member; transferring the toner image on the intermediate transfer member rotating at a linear speed Vc onto a recording medium, which is fed along a first conveyance path from a registration roller pair rotating at a linear speed Vr, by a transfer member; fixing the toner image on the recording medium, which is fed along a second conveyance path from the transfer member, by a fixing member rotating at a linear speed Vt; determining whether the recording medium is a thin recording medium or a thick recording medium; when the determining determines that the recording medium is the thick recording medium adjusting the linear speeds such that Vr <Vc <Vt: and when the determining determines that the recording medium is the thin recording medium, adjusting the linear speeds such that Vc <Vr <Vt, wherein a combined length of the first and second conveyance paths is shorter than a maximum length of the recording medium of the image forming apparatus.