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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoru Fukushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; G01D / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347261 ; 347257 ; 347115 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an image forming apparatus capable of preventing generation of color shade and moire fringes and forming an image exhibiting excellent image quality by setting recording intervals, which are different for each of a plurality of color signals, and by forming a color image having the number of screen lines and screen angles different for respective color signals in accordance with the set recording intervals.