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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Kenji Kuroki, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Hiroyuki Eda, Moriya, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Abiko, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shiga, Kashiwa, JP;
Kenji Kuroki, Toride, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Hiroyuki Eda, Moriya, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Abiko, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shiga, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If any of a plurality of conditions is satisfied, an image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming units that form images on an intermediate transfer member in a superimposed manner detects, using a pattern detection sensor, the amount of color misregistration of the images formed by the plurality of image forming units on the intermediate transfer member and corrects the color misregistration of the images formed by the plurality of image forming units in accordance with the amount of color misregistration that is smaller than a color misregistration correction tolerance, which varies depending on the plurality of conditions, and that has been detected by the pattern detection sensor.