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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Toru Tanaka, Niigata, JP;
Noribumi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Tomoya Saeki, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a photosensitive body; a drive unit of the photosensitive body; an intermediate transfer body which is wound around the photosensitive body and is driven by the movement of the photosensitive body; a latent image forming unit; plural development units which develop the latent image on the photosensitive body with toners having different colors; a holding unit which holds the plural development units and causes the development units to sequentially face the photosensitive body; a transfer unit which transfers a toner image from the photosensitive body to the portion of the intermediate transfer body wound around the photosensitive body; and a drive speed control unit which controls the rotating speed of the photosensitive body according to the density of the toner image to be formed.