Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Prinitng Solutions, Inc.

Yuuichi Takano

Satoshi Narita

Masahiko Saito

Kazuhiro Wakamatsu

Shunichi Oohara

Masashi Yamamoto

Nobuaki Fukasawa

Kazuo Kikuchi

Atsushi Onose

Junichi Shoji

An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive belt carried by a driver device, for forming a toner image thereon; an internal transcription belt for transcribing the toner image; and a transcription portion for transcribing the toner image, which is transcribed on the internal transcription belt, onto a recording medium. A transcription side roller is suspended with the internal transcription belt thereon, and disposed on a side of a photosensitive belt side roller. Detectors detect a first cycle of the internal transcription belt, and a second cycle, which starts measurement delaying by &#xbd; cycle of the photosensitive belt side roller from the first cycle measurement start. A controller conducts speed compensation of the photosensitive belt by referring to the first cycle and the second cycle, wherein the internal transcription belt is in contact with the photosensitive belt, so that it is carried following thereafter.

Image forming apparatus for conducting speed compensation by internal transcription belt cycle measurement

The rotating speed of a photosensitive body is reduced for preventing deterioration thereof due to ozone in an electrophotographic device which comprises the photosensitive body, a charger which uniformly charges the surface of the photosensitive body, and a motor control unit which performs drive control for a motor which drives the photosensitive body. The motor control unit provides a plurality of speed levels including a first speed level for rotating the photosensitive body during printing and another speed level for rotating the photosensitive body at a reduced speed lower than the speed used during printing. The speed is changed-over between the plurality of speed levels depending on the operating condition. Thereby, deterioration of the photosensitive body due to ozone generated from the charger is prevented, and additional deterioration of the photosensitive body due to rotation thereof other than during a printing operation is also prevented.

Electrophotographic device

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Yuuichi Takano