Patent ID: 8682239

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; an intermediate transfer member to which an image formed on the image bearing member is transferred; a transfer member configured to transfer the image that was transferred on the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium, and to come into contact with the intermediate transfer member so as to form a transfer nip portion; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium to the transfer nip portion; and a control unit configured to control a conveyance speed at which the conveyance unit conveys the recording medium, wherein the control unit controls the conveyance speed so that the conveyance speed is a first constant speed higher than a moving speed at which the intermediate transfer member is moved before a leading edge of the recording medium reaches the transfer nip portion, conveys the recording medium toward the transfer nip portion, and controls the conveyance speed so that the conveyance speed is equal to the moving speed after the leading edge of the recording medium conveyed at the first constant speed reaches the transfer nip portion and before the image on the intermediate transfer member is transferred onto the recording medium.