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Image forming apparatus

US7708371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2006
Grant dateMay 4, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2002/14459
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming device which includes an intermediate transfer body having a transfer surface on which an image is formed according to a first image data, the image forming device performing a transfer of the image onto a recording medium from the transfer surface; a transfer state determination device which determines a state of the transfer surface after the transfer of the image onto the recording medium has been performed; and an image correction device which corrects a second image data corresponding to an image formed on the transfer surface, according to the state of the transfer surface determined by the transfer state determination device.

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