Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidekazu Yamagiwa, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Akihiro Yamada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, an output unit that outputs the recording medium on which the image has been formed while providing the recording medium with a wave-like shape in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium, and a member having an opening through which the recording medium is output. The opening has a shape corresponding to the wave-like shape of the recording medium provided by the output unit.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium;
- an output unit configured to output the recording medium on which the image has been formed while providing the recording medium with a wave shape in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium;
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- a member comprising an opening through which the recording medium, that is output from the output unit, is output,
- wherein the opening has a shape corresponding to the wave shape of the recording medium output by the output unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium;
- an output unit configured to output the recording medium on which the image has been formed while providing the recording medium with a wave shape in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium;
- and
- a member comprising an opening through which the recording medium is output,
- wherein the opening has a shape corresponding to the wave shape of the recording medium output by the output unit,
- wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises a rotation speed controller that controls an output speed of the output unit, and
- wherein the rotation speed controller changes the output speed of the output unit at a time at which a trailing end of the recording medium on which an image has been formed has passed through a nip portion of a transport unit that is located immediately upstream of the output unit in the transport direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.