ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,894, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus and recording medium" was invented by Akira Kosugi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a conveyance section, an attraction section, an image forming section, and a hardware processor. The conveyance section includes conveyance surfaces on each of which a sheet can be placed and that conveys the sheet placed thereon. The attraction section that attracts the sheet onto the conveyance surfaces by sucking air from suction holes. The image forming section forms an image on the sheet. When a decr...