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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Tatsuomi Murayama, Toride, JP;
Masanori Shida, Abiko, JP;
Tatsuomi Murayama, Toride, JP;
Masanori Shida, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a first image bearing member; a first transfer member that comes into contact with the intermediate transfer member; a colored toner image forming portion; a second image bearing member; a second transfer member; and a transparent toner image forming portion for forming the transparent toner image wherein the transparent toner image forming portion is provided on an upstream side with respect to the colored toner image forming portion in a movement direction of the intermediate transfer member, and a distance between a most upstream end of the second contact area and the second transfer member in a rotation direction is larger than a distance between a most upstream end of the first contact area and the first transfer member in a rotation direction.