Patent ID: 7883089

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a sheet feeding unit configured to feed a recording media, the recording media including non-transparent, transparent and partially transparent recording media; an image forming unit configured to form a reverse image on a transparent region of the transparent or partially transparent recording media; a sheet-delivery unit configured to convey the recording media from the image forming unit, the sheet-delivery unit including first and second sheet-delivery members forming a pair, the first and second sheet-delivery members having lengthwise axial centers shifted with respect to each other, at least one of the first and second sheet-delivery members configured to be movable; and a control unit configured to control the sheet-delivery unit, including controlling a sheet-feeding pressure that is a pressure exerted on the recording media by the first and second sheet-delivery members, such that a first sheet-feeding pressure exerted on the transparent region having the reverse image is less than a second sheet-feeding pressure exerted on the non-transparent media, wherein the control unit is configured to set the sheet-feeding pressure to the first sheet-feeding pressure immediately before a leading edge of the transparent region enters a first nip portion of the first and second sheet-delivery member pair, and increase the sheet-feeding pressure to the second sheet-feeding pressure immediately after a trailing edge of the transparent region leaves a second nip portion of the first and second sheet-delivery member pair.