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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Takeshi Setoriyama, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image, a rotatable intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image on the image bearing member is transferred at a first transfer position, a rotatable transfer roller for transferring the toner image on the intermediate transfer member onto a transfer material at a second transfer position, and a rotatable conveyer for conveying the transfer material to the transfer roller at a conveying position. The transferring of the toner image from the image bearing member to the intermediate transfer member and the transferring of the toner image from the intermediate transfer member to the transfer material may occur simultaneously, and, a conveying speed of the transfer material provided by the conveyer is higher than a conveying speed of the transfer material at the second transfer position, and the conveying speed of the transfer material at the second transfer position is higher than a rotating speed of the transfer roller at the second transfer position.