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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYuuya Ozaki, Kazutaka Takeda, Kohji Yoshimura, Mizuna Tanaka, Takashi Oida
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An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an image forming device to form an image on the image bearer, a transfer device to transfer the image formed on the image bearer onto a sheet, a storage to store the sheet, a sheet feeder to convey the sheet one by one to the transfer device, and a slip amount prediction controller. The slip amount prediction controller calculates a predicted slip amount between the sheet feeder and the sheet before forming the image and, subsequently calculates an interval between images based on the predicted slip amount. The slip amount prediction controller controls the image forming device based on the calculated interval between images to form the image on the image bearer.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming method comprising:
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