Patent ID: 8915566
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a conveying device configured to convey paper; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the paper; and a paper discharge tray where the image-formed paper is discharged and loaded at a predetermined discharge angle by the conveying device, wherein the conveying device is controlled in a manner that a discharge speed of a first sheet of the paper discharged on the paper discharge tray having no air flow therearound and susceptible to air resistance is different from a discharge speed of a second or subsequent sheet of the paper discharged on the paper discharge tray having air flow generated by the first or a previous sheet of the paper and less susceptible to the air resistance than the first or the previous sheet of the paper in accordance with at least one of the discharge angle and a kind of paper to be used.