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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1986
Michiro Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Ozawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobukazu Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshirou Kasamura, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Kubota, Machida, JP;
Tatsuya Shiratori, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Kusumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for conveying a sheet material along a lateral reference position and for forming an image on the sheet material; refeeding device for refeeding to the image forming station the sheet material on which the image has been formed in the image forming station; means, provided in the sheet refeeding means, for shifting the sheet material in the lateral direction from the lateral reference position by a predetermined amount, wherein the amount of the shift is predetermined on the basis of a change in a lateral dimension of the sheet material resulting from an image forming operation in the image station.