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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Hamano, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a rotatable endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller and an upstream roller; an outer member, a pressing member, a moving mechanism; and a control portion. The moving mechanism is capable of changing a pressing amount of the pressing member to the belt or a contacting and separating state of the pressing member to the belt by changing a position of the pressing member. The control portion controls magnification of a toner image, to be formed on the belt by the image forming portion, with respect to a conveyance direction of the belt based on a position of the pressing member by the moving mechanism while the toner image is transferred to the recording material from the belt.