Image forming apparatus and image transferring method therefor
AssigneeAvision Inc.
InventorKatsuhiko Gotoda
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and an image transferring method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive units, an intermediate transfer member, and a sheet-conveying unit. Each of the photosensitive units bears a first toner image. The intermediate transfer member is in contact with the photosensitive units, onto which the first toner images are transferred from the photosensitive units and superimposed to form a second toner image. The intermediate transfer member is rotationally driven at a first speed. The sheet-conveying unit is used for transporting a sheet past the intermediate transfer member at a second speed different from the first speed, so that the second toner image on the intermediate transfer member is transferred onto the sheet.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of photosensitive units each for bearing a first toner image;
- an intermediate transfer member being in contact with the photosensitive units and rotationally driven at a first speed, wherein the first toner images are transferred from the photosensitive units to the intermediate transfer member and superimposed to form a second toner image on the intermediate transfer member;
- and
- a sheet-conveying unit for transporting a sheet past the intermediate transfer member at a point of transfer of the second toner image from the intermediate transfer member to the sheet at a second speed different from the first speed.
An image transferring method, comprising:
- forming a plurality of first toner images respectively on a plurality of photosensitive units;
- transferring the first toner images on the photosensitive units to an intermediate transfer member, wherein the first toner images are superimposed on the intermediate transfer member to form a second toner image;
- transporting the second toner image on the intermediate transfer member at a first speed;
- transporting a sheet past the intermediate transfer member at a point at a second speed, wherein the second speed is different from the first speed;
- and
- transferring at the point the second toner image on the intermediate transfer member onto the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.