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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, in which a method of positional adjustment performed in image forming, includes an image bearer, a transfer device to transfer an image formed on the image bearer onto a recording medium having a first side and a second side, a recording medium conveying path along which the recording medium travels to the transfer device, a first detector and a second detector to detect positional information of the recording medium on or near the recording medium conveying path, in which the first detector being disposed closer to the transfer device than the second detector to the transfer device in a sheet conveying direction on the recording medium conveying path, and an adjuster to adjust a position of the image based on at least one of former positional information obtained by the first detector and current positional information obtained by the second detector.