Patent ID: 9108433
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit to form an image on an adhesive surface of a print medium; a conveyance unit to convey the print medium to a position at which the print medium opposes the image forming unit with the adhesive surface; and an adhesive-surface guide unit to guide the adhesive surface of the print medium at a position upstream from the image forming unit in a conveyance direction of the print medium, wherein the conveyance unit comprises a pair of rotary bodies to sandwich the print medium between the pair of rotary bodies to convey the print medium and a guide member to support and guide the print medium, the pair of rotary bodies comprising a first rotary body, the adhesive-surface guide unit comprises a second rotary body and an adhesive-surface guide member, the second rotary body disposed at a position downstream from the first rotary body in the conveyance direction, the adhesive-surface guide member having an endless shape and wound around the first rotary body and the second rotary body to guide the adhesive surface, and the adhesive-surface guide unit is configured to press the adhesive-surface guide member against the adhesive surface of the print medium, sandwich the print medium and the adhesive-surface guide member between the pair of rotary bodies, move the print medium and the adhesive-surface guide member together, and separate the adhesive-surface guide member from the adhesive surface at a side of the adhesive-surface guide unit at which the second rotary body is disposed.