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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a roller pair configured to convey paper along a conveyance path; a guide member provided in the conveyance path; a detection unit provided in a downstream side of the roller pair in a first direction of a paper conveyance direction and configured to detect a front edge position of the paper; an abutment mechanism provided in a downstream side of the roller pair in the first direction and in an opposite side of the detection unit with the conveyance path interposed therebetween, the abutment mechanism having an abutment member movable forward/backward with respect to the conveyance path; and a control unit configured to carry out front-edge correction of aligning an image and a paper front edge based on a front edge position of the paper detected by the detection unit, wherein in the front edge correction, the control unit controls operation of the abutment member so that a front edge portion of the paper passes through the detection unit in a state that the front edge portion of the paper is abutting the guide member. |
