| US 7,517,079 B2 | ||
| Image forming method and image forming apparatus | ||
| Noriyuki Arai, Chichibu (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/385,403. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-088620 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2005; application No. 2005-128965 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2005; and application No. 2005-168211 (JP), filed on Jun. 08, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0227195 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—104 [347/102; 347/103; 271/293] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a first transport roller pair for transporting a sheet in a transport direction;
a second transport roller pair disposed downstream of the first transport roller pair in the transport direction, the second
transport roller pair transporting the sheet in cooperation with the first transport roller pair; and
a recording head disposed between the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, the recording head
sequentially transferring a plurality of types of ink from an ink ribbon onto the sheet transported by one of the first transport
roller pair and the second transport roller pair;
wherein, when the second transport roller pair transports the sheet delivered from the first transport roller pair, rollers
of the second transport roller pair are separated from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the sheet, and
wherein, after the sheet enters the nip of the rollers, the second transport roller pair pinches the sheet, and wherein rollers
of the first transport roller pair are separated from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the sheet when
the second transport roller pair pinches the sheet.
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