Canon kabushiki kaisha (20250110438). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

canon kabushiki kaisha

Inventor(s)

YUYA Nagatomo of Ibaraki JP

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250110438 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a driving portion configured to rotationally drive the image bearing member, a sheet support portion configured to support the sheet, a sheet blowing portion configured to perform a blowing operation, a sheet feeding portion configured to perform a feeding operation, and a control portion configured to execute a mode in which, in a predetermined period after the sheet fed by the sheet feeding portion passes through a transfer position at which a toner image formed by the image forming portion is transferred to the sheet and before a succeeding sheet fed by the sheet feeding portion passes through the transfer position, the blowing operation is performed in a state where the feeding operation is stopped. the control portion is configured to control the driving portion to stop rotation of the image bearing member during the mode.