Patent ID: 9069318
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording sheet; a transport path that transports the recording sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming portion; and, a coating portion that performs a coating process that forms a coating film on the recording sheet that is being transported on the transport path; wherein the coating portion is disposed on an upstream side in a recording sheet transport direction of a reading portion on the transport path, and a calibration process is performed for an image formed by the image forming portion, and the calibration chart is formed on the recording sheet by the image forming portion in order to perform the calibration process; and, the image forming apparatus, further comprising: the reading portion that reads the calibration chart on the recording sheet that is being transported on the transport path, and wherein the transport path includes a main transport path that has a branching portion formed thereon, and a sub transport path that is branched from the main transport path at the branching portion, and the coating portion and the reading portion are arranged on the sub transport path.