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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2012
Takeshi Shikama, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Takuhei Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Shikama, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Takuhei Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus can transfer a plurality of color component images onto a surface of a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a pattern generation part to generate information about an alignment pattern to be used for a calibration of an image forming, a plurality of stations each including a photosensitive drum to form an alignment pattern corresponding to each of a plurality of color components onto a carry belt or the recording medium, and a read part to detect a plurality of alignment patterns formed by the plurality of stations.