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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yu Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Unagida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member that includes a photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer being thicker at a first axial end of the photosensitive member than at a second axial end of the photosensitive member; and a forming unit that forms a first image and a second image on the photosensitive member, the first image being transferred to each of transfer areas defined on continuous-form paper, the second image being transferred to the first axial end but to neither a position between adjacent ones of the transfer areas that are side by side in a longitudinal direction of the continuous-form paper nor a position in any of the transfer areas.