Patent ID: 6775486
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image carrier for carrying a toner image formed thereon; a transfer carrier for transferring the toner image formed on the image carrier to a sheet-like recording member which is transported and attracted to the transfer carrier; jam handling control means for detecting a transport fault of the sheet-like recording member, and for stopping a transport operation for the sheet-like recording member when the transport fault is detected; and a fixing unit capable of being drawn out in the transport direction of the sheet-like recording member, the fixing unit being disposed on the downstream side of the transport of the transfer carrier as viewed along the transport direction of the sheet-like recording member, wherein when the sheet transport fault is detected, the jam handling control means first causes the sheet-like recording member transport operation of the fixing unit to stop and thereafter causes the transport operation of the transfer carrier and sheet transport means on the upstream side thereof to stop so that any sheet-like recording member remaining on the transfer carrier or on the sheet transport means on the upstream side thereof is transported and stopped at a prescribed position spanning between an area where the fixing unit is located and an area where the transfer carrier is located.