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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Chihiro Hagiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 15/0131 (2013.01); G03G 15/0184 (2013.01); G03G 21/14 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00021 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00042 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00059 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00548 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00561 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0158 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: plural image forming units that each include plural image forming sections and a first intermediate transfer body to which toner images formed by the plural image forming sections are transferred through first transfer; plural second transfer sections provided in correspondence with the plural image forming units to transfer the toner images on the first intermediate transfer body to a recording medium through second transfer; and a detection device that detects the toner images downstream of a most downstream one of the second transfer sections.