Patent ID: 8840213
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image-forming device comprising: an image-forming part configured and arranged to form an image on a recording material that is rolled up in a recording material roll; a conveying part configured and arranged to feed out the recording material from the recording material roll and to convey the recording material to the image-forming part; a suction part configured and arranged to suction the recording material conveyed by the conveying part, the suction part being disposed at the image-forming part; a conveyance-condition-detecting part configured to detect when a part of the recording material positioned at a feed-initiation position upon an initiation of conveying the recording material has reached an image-forming completion position; and a control part configured to change a suction characteristic of the suction part between before and after the part of the recording material positioned at the feed-initiation position upon the initiation of conveying the recording material reaches the image-forming completion position.