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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kanno, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of development units includes at least a first development unit and a second development unit, and a plurality of photosensitive members includes at least a first photosensitive member corresponding to the first development unit and a second photosensitive member corresponding to the second development unit. After shifting the first development unit and the first photosensitive member into a contact state and shifting the second development state and the second photosensitive member into a contact state, a control unit controls a timing at which the first development unit develops an electrostatic latent image, based on a contact timing at which the second development unit and the second photosensitive member are shifted into a contact state.