Patent ID: 7266316

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: at least a first roller and a second roller provided between a transfer unit for transferring a toner image onto a recording sheet, and a discharge port adapted for discharging the recording sheet transported from the transfer unit to an exterior of the image forming apparatus; a sheet length determiner which determines at least a length of the recording sheet; a transport speed setter which sets a transport speed of the first roller located on the side of the transfer unit, and a transport speed of the second roller located on the side of the discharge port; a first roller driver which drives the first roller at the transport speed of the first roller set by the transport speed setter; and a second roller driver which drives the second roller at the transport speed of the second roller set by the transport speed setter, the transport speed setter setting the transport speed of the first roller higher than the transport speed of the second roller, and setting a difference between the transport speed of the first roller and the transport speed of the second roller in relation to the length of the recording sheet determined by the sheet length determiner.