Patent ID: 6694110
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member, which is rotatable; electrifying means for electrifying said image bearing member; image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on said image bearing member electrified by said electrifying means; developing means for developing the electrostatic image with toner; transferring means for transferring a toner image formed on said image bearing member to a recording material; conveying means for causing the recording material to wait for a time and be synchronized so as to convey the recording material toward a transfer portion of said transferring means, wherein a difference between (i) a distance from a conveyance start position of said conveying means to a transferring position of said transferring means and (ii) a distance from an electrifying position of said electrifying means to a transferring position of said transferring means is equal to or more than a peripheral length of said image bearing member; and control means for controlling a start timing of electrification by said electrifying means in accordance with a start timing of a conveyance of the recording material by said conveying means.