Patent ID: 8827259
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium; a registration roller pair to convey the recording medium to the image forming unit; a sheet feed roller to convey the recording medium to the registration roller pair; and a controller to control driving of the registration roller pair and the sheet feed roller, wherein the controller starts driving of the sheet feed roller to feed the recording medium and stops driving of the sheet feed roller before the sheet feed roller has completed conveyance of the recording medium for a distance equal to a length of a minimum recording medium size that the image forming apparatus can set in a conveyance direction, wherein the timing at which the driving of the sheet feed roller is stopped is controlled by setting a time based on a start of the driving of the registration roller pair set as a trigger, and wherein the driving of the sheet feed roller is stopped and restarted at least twice while the driving of the registration roller pair is performed.