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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Tomoaki Sakita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Sakita, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a light scanning portion that lights a plurality of beams, and scans a surface to be scanned of an image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image; a detection portion that detects at least one lighted beam; an abnormality detection portion that transmits data to the light scanning portion via a transmission-line, causes the light scanning portion to light a beam, and detects abnormality of the transmission-line based on the detected beam; and a setting portion that sets a number of beams to be lighted in the case of the formation of the electrostatic latent image so that an amount of light of the detected beam in the case of abnormality detection of the transmission-line is equal to or more than a minimum amount of light of the detected beam in the case of the formation of the electrostatic latent image.