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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kanno, Fujisawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for converting image information into an image signal and output the image signal with reference to a timing signal, a sheet feeding control unit for feeding a recording material, an image forming unit for forming the image on a photosensitive drum based on the image signal output from the control unit, a transmission unit for transmitting a length of the image corresponding to a length of an output period of the image signal, an automatic sheet length detection mechanism for acquiring a length of the recording material in a conveyance direction thereof, and an image control unit for controlling a time interval at which the timing signal is output based on the size of the image and the size of the recording material.