Patent ID: 8244168

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a transfer device including a transfer roller and configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium when the recording medium passes through a transfer nip formed on the transfer roller; a fixing device including a fixing roller, the fixing device being configured to fix the toner image onto the recording medium when the recording medium passes through a fixing nip formed on the fixing roller; and a fine adjustment device configured to finely adjust parallel degree between the transfer nip and the fixing nip; wherein one of the transfer device and the fixing device includes a contacting section, and the other one of transfer device and the fixing device includes a contacted section, and wherein relative positioning between the transfer device and the fixing device is determined when the contacting section contacts the contacted section; wherein said parallel degree is finely adjusted in the direction vertical to the surface of the recording medium by contacting the contacting section to the contacted section.