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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hayakawa, Saitama, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is configured to, based on a reading result of a test image, generate data that is used to adjust image forming positions of toner images to be formed by an image forming unit, control an image forming position of a first toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a first contact state based on first data, the first toner image being transferred to a first sheet, and control an image forming position of a second toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a second contact state based on second data that is different from the first data, the second toner image being transferred to a second sheet, wherein a type of the second sheet is the same type as the type of the first sheet.