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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Hiroshi Sendo, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuichi Omori, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Sendo, Toyokawa, JP;
Yuichi Omori, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section attached on an apparatus main body, having a forming and writing section that forms and writes an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier based on image information, and a transfer section which transfers a developed image after the electrostatic latent image has been developed, onto a sheet; a sheet conveyance section detachably attached on the apparatus main body, which conveys the sheet to the image forming section; a sheet detection section attached on the apparatus main body, which detects a sheet position conveyed to the image forming section by the sheet conveyance section; and a position correction section which corrects an image writing position for an image in the image forming section based on information of the detected sheet position.