Image forming apparatus with control for controlling recording material conveying speed

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

a photosensitive drum configured to carry a toner image;

a first roller configured to convey a recording material;

a first motor configured to drive the first roller;

a second roller configured to convey the recording material conveyed by the first roller;

a second motor configured to drive the second roller, the second motor being different from the first motor;

an intermediary transfer member onto which the toner image is transferred from the photosensitive drum;

a transfer member configured to transfer the toner image from the intermediary transfer member onto the recording material;

a sensor unit provided on a side upstream of the transfer member with respect to a conveying direction of the first roller; and

a controller,

wherein the controller is capable of executing (1) first control for controlling a recording material conveying speed by controlling the first motor on the basis of the sensor unit and (2) second control for controlling the recording material conveying speed by controlling the first motor and the second motor before executing the first control, and

wherein the controller controls the first motor and the second motor in the second control so that a recording material conveying speed of the recording material positioned on a side upstream of the sensor unit with respect to the conveying direction of the first roller is decelerated or so that conveyance of the recording material is stopped and then the recording material conveying speed is accelerated.

2 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an image forming unit including the photosensitive drum and configured to form the toner image on the intermediary transfer member,

wherein on the basis of a preceding distance in which the recording material precedes the toner image, the controller acquires a first speed of the first motor and the second motor in the second control and a timing of returning a first speed to a second speed.

3 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where the recording material precedes the toner image even when the first speed is a slowest speed of speeds of the first motor and the second motor in the second control, the controller executes third control in which the first motor and the second motor are stopped so as to stop conveyance of the recording material before a leading end of the recording material reaches the sensor unit.

4 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a fixing device including a heater and configured to fix the toner image, on the recording material, transferred from the intermediary transfer member,

wherein the second motor drives the fixing device and the second roller and is configured to rotate the second roller in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and

wherein the fixing device is lowered in temperature of the heater during a stop of a drive thereof by the second motor.

5 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the controller acquires a stop time in which the conveyance of the recording material is stopped, and a recovering time until a temperature of the heater lowered during the stop time is recovered to a temperature before the temperature of the heater is lowered, and

wherein the controller determines a timing of stopping the first motor and the second motor in the third control so that the recording material reaches the fixing device after a lapse of the recovering time.

6 . An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit includes a contact portion for correcting oblique movement of the recording material in contact with the recording material.