Patent ID: 8195074
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming station including an image bearing member to bear an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof, a charging device to charge the image bearing member to form the electrostatic latent image, and a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member using toner to form a toner image; a registration member to feed the recording medium in appropriate timing such that the recording medium is aligned with the toner image formed in the image forming station; a registration motor to drive the registration member; and a fixing unit to fix the toner image on the recording medium, the fixing unit including wherein the sheet separator detects an amount of a sheet margin of a leading edge of the recording medium and ejects air when the amount of the sheet margin at the leading edge of the recording medium is less than a threshold amount.