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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Yuki Sugiyama, Numazu, JP;
Takeshi Shimba, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Sugiyama, Numazu, JP;
Takeshi Shimba, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that reduces a time period during which no image is formed due to a margin in leading end portion, by calculating the margin in leading end portion from position information of an image and moving forward output timing of a /TOP signal according to the margin in leading end portion.