Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi Tanno
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium by discharging ink from a recording head. The apparatus has ejection rollers for causing the recording medium to move at a position downstream of the recording head as viewed in the direction of movement of the recording medium. The apparatus also has idle rollers driven by the ejection rollers. The apparatus further has recording medium supporting members disposed downstream of the ejection rollers and arranged to guide the recording medium. The recording medium supporting members and the idle rollers are located on common straight lines which extend in the direction of movement of the recording medium. This arrangement obviates undesirable lifting of the recording medium and prevents rubbing of the recording medium on the recording head.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by discharging an ink from a recording head, comprising:
- at least one ejection roller for causing said recording medium to move at a position downstream of said recording head as viewed in the direction of movement of said recording medium;
- at least one idle roller driven by said ejection roller;
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- at least one recording medium supporting member disposed downstream of said ejection roller as viewed in the direction of movement of said recording medium and arranged to guide said recording medium, said recording medium supporting member and said idle roller being located on a common straight line which extends in the direction of movement of said recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.