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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording medium storing an image forming program
Yuusuke Kohri, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yuusuke Kohri, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes multiple exposure units each including multiple light emitting elements, a reading unit that reads data to be used for exposure by each one of the exposure units, one at a time from the exposure unit by the time the exposure units starts exposure, a storing unit that stores the data read by the reading unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the data stored in the storing unit to the exposure unit by the time the exposure unit starts exposure.