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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akimichi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Motoki Adachi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yusuke Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichiro Hirata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Naoki Fukushima, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device configured to expose image bearing members charged by charging devices to form latent images on the image bearing members, and a control unit configured to, in ether one or both of an image forming unit A and an image forming unit B, adjust an amount of exposure by which the image bearing member is exposed and a charging voltage based on information about the image bearing members of the image forming units A and B. The control unit is configured to make the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit A different from the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit B.