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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2003
Katsuhide Koga, Kashiwa, JP;
Fumitaka Sobue, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image by irradiating a charged surface of a photosensitive member with a laser beam depending on a picture signal to form an electrostatic latent image, visualizing the latent image with a recording agent, and transferring the visualized image onto a recording medium; includes a circumferential position detection unit for detecting a circumferential position of the photosensitive member irradiated with the laser beam and an APC circuit for controlling a light quantity of the laser beam so as to provide a target light quantity varying depending on the detected circumferential position.
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