Patent ID: 6204867
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A color image forming apparatus comprising:an image information input means for inputting image information;a laser recording means having a plurality of laser scanner units for component colors of images, arranged in parallel with each other, each scanner unit including a laser, a rotational polygonal mirror and a driving motor for driving the rotational polygonal mirror;a laser scanner control means for governing the drives of the driving motors for performing laser scanning in accordance with the image information;an image forming means having a plurality of image forming units for component colors, for forming images, arranged in parallel with each other, each image forming unit forming an image from the latent image recorded on the photoreceptor by the corresponding laser scanner unit; anda laser recording status determining means for determining the recording status of the laser recording means onto the photoreceptors;wherein the laser scan control means, based on determinations by the laser recording status determining means, stops or retards the drives of the driving motors, one by one when laser recording has been completed.