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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1993
Hideya Furuta, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Taguchi, Warabi, JP;
Mitsuru Mamizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image scanner, a sensor for determining that the image sensor has scanned the front edge of a document, and a controller using main scanning line synchronizing signals and an output signal of the sensor as reference signals. In response to the reference signals, the controller causes at least a writing unit to start writing each image data of particular color and causes a transfer medium driving circuit to start driving a transfer medium. The apparatus allows image components of different colors to be transferred to the transfer medium one above the other in accurate registration.