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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Yoshikuni Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Shigemura, Yokohama, JP;
Ichiro Okumura, Abiko, JP;
Seiji Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikuni Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Shigemura, Yokohama, JP;
Ichiro Okumura, Abiko, JP;
Seiji Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first index forming unit that forms a plurality of first electrostatic latent image indexes at positions adjacent to a toner image to be formed on a recording material in a width direction of a first image bearing member and a second index forming unit forms a plurality of second electrostatic latent image indexes at positions adjacent to a toner image to be formed on the recording material in a width direction of a second image bearing member. A control unit controls operation of at least a second image forming unit so as to maintain a set positional relationship between the first electrostatic latent image indexes transferred to an intermediate transfer member and the second electrostatic latent image indexes based on detection results by first and second detection units.