Patent ID: 7703912

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a conveyer belt for feeding a recording material; a plurality of electrodes embedded in said conveyer belt and extending in a widthwise direction of said conveyer belt; voltage applying means for applying a voltage to a part or all of said plurality of electrodes so as to provide a potential difference between adjacent electrodes to attract the recording material to said conveyer belt; detecting means for detecting a temperature of said conveyer belt; control means, responsive to an output of said detecting means, for controlling the temperature within a predetermined range to keep the electrical resistance of a surface layer of said conveying belt substantially constant; and an image forming device, disposed opposed to said conveyer belt, for recording an image on the recording material conveyed on said conveying belt, wherein said plurality of electrodes which are passing by said image forming device are supplied with a voltage to provide the potential difference between adjacent electrodes, and said plurality of electrodes which are not passing by said image forming device are supplied with a voltage for controlling the temperature.