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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

  • US 20170210580A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2017
  • Published: 07/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a feeding member configured to feed a recording material stacked on a stacking unit;

    a conveying member configured to convey the recording material fed by the feeding member;

    a separation member configured to separate a plurality of recording materials so that one recording material is conveyed in a case where the plurality of recording materials is fed from the stacking unit by the feeding member;

    a detecting unit disposed on a downstream side of the conveying member in a conveyance direction of the recording material, and configured to detect the recording material;

    a controller configured to control the feeding member and the conveying member; and

    an image forming unit configured form an image on the recording material conveyed by the conveying member,wherein, in a case where a type of the recording material is a first type, the controller controls the feeding member to feed the recording material stacked on the stacking unit at a first speed, and the controller controls the conveying member to change a speed of the recording material from the first speed to a second speed that is faster than the first speed before the detecting unit detects the recording material, andwherein, in a case where the type of the recording material is a second type that is different from the first type, the controller controls the feeding member to feed the recording material stacked on the stacking unit at a third speed that is different from the first speed, and the controller controls the conveying member to change the speed of the recording material from the third speed to a fourth speed that is different from the third speed after the detecting unit detects the recording material.

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