Patent ID: 9186920
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a roll holding device to hold a roll of recording medium; an image forming device configured to form an image on a print medium unwound, and as a continuum, from the roll of recording medium held by the roll holding device; a transporting device configured to transport the unwound print medium in a medium transporting direction and to transport the print medium along a transport path facing the image forming device; a first medium holding device separated from the image forming device, and disposed upstream of the image forming device in the medium transporting direction, and configured to hold the print medium on the transport path and to rotate in a first rotation direction to retract to an open position for opening the transport path to view and access the print medium as a continuum from the roll of recording medium held by the roll holding device; and a second medium holding device separated from the image forming device, and disposed downstream of the image forming device in the medium transporting direction in which the print medium having the image formed thereon by the image forming device is transported, and configured to hold the print medium on the transport path and to rotate in a second rotation direction different from the first rotation direction, to retract to an open position for opening the transport path.