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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Murakami, Osaka, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure control unit that performs control, based on a shift-amount of an exposure position from an ideal position, the shift-amount being obtained from a detection-result of a misregistration correcting pattern image, to shift at least one of an exposure timing corresponding to first image data which is input to one of two electric cables in contact with a target electric cable and an exposure timing corresponding to second image data which is input to another one of the two electric cables, with respect to an exposure timing corresponding to target image data being input to the target electric cable both sides of which are in contact with the two other electric cables, among a plurality of the electric cables which corresponds respectively to a plurality of the exposure units provided for each of a plurality of colors.