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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Yasuyuki Inada, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a function for correcting a condition for an image formation in accordance with a detection result given by a detecting unit which detects a toner pattern formed on a transfer medium by an image holding component. A deviation obtaining unit obtains a deviation in the main scanning direction between a detecting position on the transfer medium and a predetermined point of the toner pattern to be formed on the transfer medium, the detecting position being a position where the detecting unit detects the toner pattern. An adjusting unit adjusts, in accordance with the deviation obtained by the deviation obtaining unit, a positional relation in the main scanning direction between the detecting position and the predetermined point to reduce the deviation.