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US 6,222,566 B1Granted
Image formation apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYoshinobu Takeyama, Nobuyuki Yanagawa
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus including first and second image formation sections each of which can form an image with at least two colors. A mark is provided on the intermediate transfer belt. This mark indicates a particular position on the belt. A belt mark sensor detects the mark on the belt. A timing instruction signal with which a timing of image formation is instructed to the first and second image formation sections is initialized each time the mark on the belt is detected.
Claims11
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body having a mark on a specific position on a surface thereof;
- a mark detection unit configured to detect said mark on said intermediate transfer body;
- an image formation unit configured to form an image with at least two colors on said intermediate transfer body;
- and
- a timing specification signal generator configured to generate a timing specification signal as a signal specifying a timing for image formation and to output the timing specification signal to said image formation unit,
- wherein the timing specification signal is initialized each time said mark detection unit detects said mark, and
- wherein the mark detection unit is disposed upstream from the image formation unit such that the mark is detected prior to the image formation unit forming a first color of the at least two colors on the intermediate transfer body.
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An image formation apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body;
- a plurality of image formation units each having a non-scan type of exposure light source;
- and
- an image formation timing specification unit configured to specify a timing for image formation to each of said plurality of image formation units,
- wherein said image formation timing specification unit adjusts the timing for the image formation according to necessity, and
- wherein said image formation timing specification unit has a user manually-operated timing adjustment unit configured to allow a user to adjust the timing for the image formation in each of said plurality of image formation units.
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An image formation apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body having a mark on a specific position on a surface thereof;
- a mark detection means for detecting said mark on said intermediate transfer body;
- an image formation means for forming an image with at least two colors on said intermediate transfer body;
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- a timing specification signal generation means for generating a timing specification signal as a signal specifying a timing for image formation and for outputting the timing specification signal to said image formation means,
- wherein the timing specification signal is initialized each time said mark detection means detects said mark, and
- wherein the mark detection means is disposed upstream from the image formation means such that the mark is detected prior to the image formation means forming a first color of the at least two colors on the intermediate transfer body.
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An image formation apparatus comprising:
- an intermediate transfer body;
- a plurality of image formation means each having a non-scan type of exposure light source;
- and
- an image formation timing specification means for specifying a timing for image formation to each of said plurality of image formation means,
- wherein said image formation timing specification means adjusts the timing for the image formation according to necessity,
- wherein said image formation timing specification means has a user-operated timing adjustment means for allowing a user to adjust the timing for the image formation in each of said plurality image formation means.
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An image formation method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a mark on an intermediate transfer body;
- forming an image with at least two colors on said intermediate transfer body;
- generating a timing specification signal as a signal specifying a timing for image formation;
- and
- outputting the timing specification signal to said image formation step,
- wherein the timing specification signal is initialized each time said mark detection step detects said mark, and
- wherein the mark is detected upstream and prior to the image forming step forming a first color of the at least two colors on the intermediate transfer body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.