Patent ID: 11921452
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the image forming unit includes:
a photosensitive member;
a light source configured to expose the photosensitive member to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member;
a developing unit configured to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member;
an intermediate transfer member onto which an image on the photosensitive member is to be transferred; and
a transfer unit configured to transfer the image from the intermediate transfer member onto the sheet at a transfer nip formed between the transfer unit and the intermediate transfer member, and

wherein a conveying speed at which the sheet passes the transfer nip is controlled based on the image forming speed.