Patent ID: 8186824

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to eject liquid droplets to a recording medium, a transport belt that extends around at least two rollers and transports the recording medium to a position facing the recording head; a pressure roller that corresponds to and is across the transport belt from an upstream side roller among the at least two rollers with respect to the recording medium transport direction and presses the recording medium against the transport belt; an inlet detection sensor configured to detect the recording medium at a position located on an upstream side of a nip of the pressure roller and the transport belt with respect to the recording medium transport direction; a leading edge detection sensor configured to detect a leading edge of the recording medium at a position located at a downstream side of the nip of the pressure roller and the transport belt with respect to the recording medium transport direction; and a control unit configured to control the leading edge of the recording medium to stop at a nip portion of the pressure roller and the transport belt based on a detection by the inlet detection sensor, wherein when the leading edge of the recording medium is not detected by the leading edge detection sensor, the leading edge position of the recording medium is determined based on a stop position of the recording medium at the nip portion of the pressure roller and the transport belt.