Image forming apparatus and method of component replacement for image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: first and second drum members that extend in one direction and have a cylindrical shape; first and second sheet members that are replaceably wound around outer peripheries of the first and second drum members, respectively, in a state where one end and the other end of each of the first and second sheet members are separated from each other in a circumferential direction, the first and second sheet members coming in contact with a medium on which an image is to be formed; and an angular displacement mechanism that angularly displaces the first and second drum members in tandem to switch among a first attachment position where the one end of the first sheet member is attached to the first drum member in a state where the first sheet member is removed, a second attachment position where the second sheet member is attached to the second drum member in a state where the second sheet member is removed, and a third attachment position where the other end of the first sheet member that is attached during the first attachment position is attached to the first drum member, in an order of the first attachment position, the second attachment position, and the third attachment position.

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