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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Mochizuki, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/556 (2013.01); G03G 15/0189 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member, a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, a detection member, an execution unit and an adjustment unit. A toner image for adjustment formed on an upstream photoreceptor is made to pass a photoreceptor while facing an area exposed by a downstream image forming unit and is detected by a detection unit.