Patent ID: 7367667
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to form an image on a recording medium and configured to jet recording liquid to the recording medium to produce a liquid jetted recording; a conveying part conveying the recording medium to a position opposite to said recording head; a reversing ejection part provided downstream in a recording medium conveyance direction with respect to the position opposite to the recording head, and said reversing ejection part being configured to reverse the recording medium so that a recorded side of the recording medium on which an image has been recorded faces downward and configured to eject the recording medium on an ejecting table; and said reversing ejection part including: a substantially horizontal linear guide and a curved guide adjacent to the substantially horizontal linear guide configured to reverse the recording medium upside down; and said substantially horizontal linear guide including: a first conveying member provided on a non-recorded side of the recording medium; and a second conveying member provided on a recorded side of the recording medium, and said second conveying member including a contact member configured to contact the recording medium by an area smaller than an area by which said first conveying member is configured to contact the recording medium; wherein L/V>t, where L is a distance from a recording position to where the curved guide begins, V is a conveyance speed of the recording medium, and t is a time period required to achieve a dryness of the recording liquid.