Image forming apparatus
US9804534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0164
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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