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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

  • US 20190033771A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2018
  • Published: 01/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An image forming apparatus that conveys a sheet and forms an image on the sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of rollers that are arranged at different positions from one another in a conveyance path of the sheet, and convey the sheet;

    a motor that rotationally drives at least one of the rollers;

    a drive that drives the motor by applying a current to the motor; and

    a hardware processor that determines whether a jam has occurred and a jam type, in accordance with a change in the current flowing in the motor in a period during which the sheet is expected to pass through a target roller being rotationally driven by the motor among the rollers.

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