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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Yasuo Yoda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tatsunori Ishiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoichiro Maebashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kenichi Iida, Boise, ID (US);
Yuki Nishizawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuo Yoda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tatsunori Ishiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoichiro Maebashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kenichi Iida, Boise, ID (US);
Yuki Nishizawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member, a movable intermediary transfer member, wherein an image on the image bearing member is transferred onto the intermediary transfer member by primary transfer and the image transferred onto the intermediary transfer member is transferred onto a transfer material by secondary transfer, a discriminator for discriminating a kind of the transfer material, and a controller for controlling a moving speed ratio between the image bearing member and the intermediary transfer member on the basis of an output of the discriminator.