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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Yoshinobu Takeyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Yanagawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshinobu Takeyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Yanagawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device is provides, which comprises a body to be scanned that moves in a sub-scanning direction; a writing means for scanning the body in a main scanning direction with a light beam according to image information to form a reference image on the body and repeating the scanning plural times to form plural images; and a second body on which the plural images are overlaid to form a color image. The writing means starts writing the reference image at a start time tywhen a main scanning synchronizing signal is firstly generated by the writing means after a time txwhen a predetermined time has lapsed from detection of an image forming start signal of the sub-scanning direction for the reference image. A start time for an image other than the reference image is changed depending on the start time of the reference image.