Color image forming apparatus with intermediate transfer member length a non-integral multiple of image pitch
US6418294B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0119
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A color image forming apparatus of the present invention has an intermediate transfer member having a movable surface, a plural image forming units for forming superposed toner images on the intermediate transfer member at a predetermined image forming pitch, and a transfer member for transferring the superposed toner images formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a sheet of paper, wherein the peripheral length of the intermediate transfer member is a non-integral multiple of the image forming pitch.
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