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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Masaki Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Yokota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method for forming detection marks by the respective developing units so as to obtain rotation speed information of the image forming unit, detecting the relative position of the detection marks by the detector, and then adjusting the image forming timing of each color on the basis of the relative position information, and forming a real image on the surface of the image forming unit, only when the detection marks pass the transfer position (i.e., the contact position between the image forming unit and the intermediate transfer medium), the image forming unit is kept in non-contact with the intermediate transfer medium.