Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi OGURI, Satoshi OGAWARA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image former configured to form an image on the image bearing member, a transfer portion configured to transfer the image formed on the image bearing member onto a recording material, a conveyor configured to convey the recording material to the transfer portion, a contact portion provided upstream of the transfer portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material and having a contact member for grounding the recording material to be conveyed to the transfer portion, and at least one processor configured to control, in a case where the recording material is of a first paper type, the contact portion so that the recording material is grounded by the contact member.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- an image former configured to form an image on the image bearing member;
- a transfer portion configured to transfer the image formed on the image bearing member onto a recording material;
- a conveyor configured to convey the recording material to the transfer portion;
- a contact portion provided upstream of the transfer portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material and comprising a contact member for grounding the recording material to be conveyed to the transfer portion;
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- at least one processor configured to control, in a case where the recording material is of a first paper type, the contact portion so that the recording material is grounded by the contact member, and control, in a case where the recording material is of a second paper type higher in impedance than the first paper type, the contact portion so as to avoid grounding the recording material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.