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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Takayuki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyo Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohtaroh Oda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Karikusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukifumi Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Daiki Sekita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Kumagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Terauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyo Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohtaroh Oda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Karikusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukifumi Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Daiki Sekita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Kumagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Terauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form a first image on a first side of a recording medium and a second image on a second side of the recording medium, a position detector configured to detect respective positions of the first and second images, and a controller configured to perform, based on detection results obtained by the position detector, at least one of an image position correction by matching the first and second images and a magnification error correction by calculating and correcting a magnification error of one of the first and second images relative to the other. A program product used in the image forming apparatus includes a method of forming the first image and the second image, detecting the respective positions of the first and second images, and matching a position or a size of the first and second images.