Patent ID: 8457538

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that is rotatably disposed, the image carrier carrying an image on an outer peripheral surface thereof; a transfer member that is rotatably disposed so as to face the image carrier, the transfer member transferring the image carried by the image carrier to a sheet that is nipped between the transfer member and the image carrier; a leading end gripping member that is attached to the transfer member, the leading end gripping member gripping a leading end of the sheet in a transport direction on an outer peripheral surface of the transfer member, the sheet being supplied to the transfer member; a trailing end holding member that holds a trailing end of the sheet in the transport direction between the trailing end holding member and the outer peripheral surface of the transfer member, the sheet being supplied to the transfer member; and a controller that changes a distance between the leading end gripping member and the trailing end holding member when holding the sheet on the basis of a length of the sheet in the transport direction, the sheet being supplied to the transfer member, wherein the trailing end holding member does not rotate together with the transfer member when the trailing end holding member is not holding the sheet.