US 9,126,787 B2 · Recording medium setting device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A recording medium setting device includes a base plate on which recording media are set; guide members being moved in a width direction of the recording media that are set on the base plate; a contact detection unit detecting a contact between the guide members and the recording media; an approach unit moving the guide members in a direction so as to sandwich the recording media set on the base plate until the contact detection unit detects the contact between the guide members and the recording media; and an additional approach unit moving the guide members, moved by the approach unit, at a predetermined distance in the direction to squeeze the recording media after the contact detection unit detects the contact between the guide members and the recording media.

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Dependent claims

A recording medium setting device in an image forming apparatus configured to perform printing on recording media fed from the recording medium setting device, the device comprising:

a base plate on which recording media are set;
guide members configured to be moved in a width direction of the recording media that are set on the base plate;
a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact between the guide members and the recording media;
and
circuitry configured to:
move the guide members,
perform an approach operation by moving the guide members in a direction so as to sandwich the recording media set on the base plate until the contact detection unit detects the contact between the guide members and the recording media,
perform an additional approach operation by moving the guide members, moved in the approach operation, at a predetermined distance in the direction to squeeze the recording media after the contact detection unit detects the contact between the guide members and the recording media, and
move the guide members when an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus performs printing.

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A method of setting recording media in a recording medium setting device, the recording medium setting device comprising a base plate, guide members and a contact detection unit, the guide members configured to be moved in a width direction of the recording media that are set on the base plate, the contact detection unit configured to detect a contact between the guide members and the recording media, the method comprising:

first moving the guide members in a direction so as to sandwich the recording media set on the base plate until the contact detection unit detects contact between the guide members and the recording media;
and
second moving the guide members, after the first moving, at a predetermined distance in the direction to squeeze the recording media after the contact detection unit detects contact between the guide members and the recording media,
wherein the first moving and the second moving are performed while an image forming unit configured to perform printing on the recording media fed from the recording medium setting device performs printing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Recording medium setting device and image forming apparatus

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Abstract

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