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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Satoshi Ogata, Hachioji, JP;
Atsushi Takahashi, Akishima, JP;
Jun Onishi, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first mode to form a toner image of single color where a pressure contact release section T changes a primary transfer sectionto be in a pressure contact state, and a second mode to form an overlapped toner image where the pressure contact device T changes a plurality of the primary transfer sectionsto be in the pressure contact state can be executed, wherein a speed difference Dbetween an image carrierand an intermediate transfer beltin the first mode is controlled to be greater than a speed difference Dbetween the image carrierand the intermediate transfer beltin the second mode.