Image forming apparatus with sheet transport speed controls to reduce noise
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJiro Futagawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which can suppress the occurrence of noises without reducing productivity. Sheet transporting units are provided in a paper supply transport section for transporting a sheet to an image forming section, and in a paper ejection transport section for transporting the sheet, on which an image has been formed in the image forming section, to a paper ejection section. When an image is formed on a predetermined sheet, a speed control unit controls a sheet transport speed of at least one of the sheet transporting units provided in the paper supply transport section and the paper ejection transport section to be higher than that in the image forming section.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus comprising an image forming section, a sheet supply transport section for transporting a sheet to the image forming section, and a sheet ejection transport section for transporting the sheet, on which an image has been formed in said image forming section, said apparatus further comprising:
- sheet supply transporting means for transporting sheets in said sheet supply transport section;
- sheet ejection transporting means for transporting sheets in said sheet ejection transport section;
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- speed control means for controlling sheet transport speeds of said sheet supply transporting means and said sheet ejection transporting means,
- said speed control means controlling the sheet transport speed of at least one of said sheet supply transporting means and said paper ejection transporting means to be higher than a sheet transporting speed in the image forming section during transportation of a predetermined sheet.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming section;
- a sheet supply transport section for transporting a sheet to said image forming section;
- sheet supply transporting means for transporting sheets in said sheet supply transport section;
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- speed control means for controlling a sheet transport speed of said sheet supply transporting means,
- said speed control means controlling the sheet transport speed of said sheet supply transporting means to be higher than a sheet transporting speed in said image forming section during transportation of a predetermined sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.