Patent ID: 7567762

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion that forms a toner image on an image carrying body; a transfer portion that transfers the toner image formed on the image carrying body to a recording medium; a detector that detects at least one of a skew and a passing position of the recording medium; and a controller that is provided downstream of the transfer portion in a recording medium transporting direction and controls at least one of the skew and the passing position of the recording medium according to a detection result by the detector, wherein the controller is a charge removal metal plate that removes charge from the recording medium and according to a detection result by the detector the charge removal metal plate controls at least one of the skew and the passing position of the recording medium by providing different distances between the charge removal metal plate and the recording medium in a width direction of the recording medium, the width direction being a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the transporting direction of the recording medium.