Patent ID: 8315546

Claim:
A transfer device comprising: an image carrier that carries an image; and a transfer roller having a recessed section, a transfer medium gripping member that is disposed in the recessed section and grips a transfer medium, and an elastic member that forms a transfer nip by abutting upon the image carrier, the transfer roller transferring the image carried by the image carrier to the transfer medium by abutting upon the image carrier, wherein the transfer medium gripping member grips the transfer medium when the recessed section moves to a position of the transfer nip and the image carrier and the transfer roller do not contact to each other, wherein a first peripheral speed v 1 (mm/s) of the transfer roller when the transfer roller abuts upon the image carrier is faster than a second peripheral speed v 2 (mm/s) of the transfer roller when the transfer roller does not abut upon the image carrier.