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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Yusuke Kawanago, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiteru Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Motegi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Yoshimura, Aichi, JP;
Kunihiro Kawachi, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kawanago, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiteru Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Motegi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Yoshimura, Aichi, JP;
Kunihiro Kawachi, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus acquires an amount of deflection of the transporting sheet from a reference position thereof and calculates a required shift amount of the sheet. It determines whether or not the sheet is shifted frontward. If so, the image forming apparatus acquires a second specified shift value which is determined based on an urging force and the required shift amount using a second correction equation. Alternatively, if the sheet is shifted backward, the image forming apparatus acquires a first specified shift value which is determined based on the urging force and the required shift amount using a first correction equation. The image forming apparatus performs a registration roller shift correction based on the acquired first or second specified shift value.