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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Takayanagi, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first photosensitive member and a second photosensitive member that can be charged to a predetermined polarity, an intermediate transfer belt, a first primary transfer member, a second primary transfer member, a first electrode member, a second electrode member, an application sections configured to apply biases having the same polarity as the predetermined polarity to the first and second electrode members, and a control section The first photosensitive member is disposed upstream of the second photosensitive member in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt. The control section is configured to control the application sections in such a manner that in image formation, an absolute value of the bias to be applied to the second electrode member is set to be smaller than an absolute value of the bias to be applied to the first electrode member.