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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6567 (2013.01); G03G 15/231 (2013.01); G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); G03G 15/5041 (2013.01); G03G 15/6564 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0043 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00569 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an adjustment pattern on a sheet; a reading device provided further downstream than a fixing member in a conveyance direction, and configured to read the sheet on which the adjustment pattern has been fixed by the fixing member; and a processor configured to: detect a length, in the conveyance direction, of the sheet; and adjust a position, in the conveyance direction, and a size, in the conveyance direction, of an image to be formed on the sheet by the image forming unit, based on a reading result obtained by the reading device reading the sheet and the detected length.