Patent ID: 6044236
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:a latent image holding device for holding color separated image information as an electrostatic latent image;a plurality of developing devices for making said electrostatic latent image held by said latent image holding device visible color by color;an intermediate transfer medium to which a visualized image of each color visualized on a surface of said latent image holding device is successively transferred upon contact with said latent image holding device;a single transfer device which is separable and contactable with respect to said intermediate transfer medium; anda voltage applying device for applying first and second voltages to said single transfer device,wherein said single transfer device transfers said visualized image from said latent image holding device to said intermediate transfer medium in accordance with said first voltage, and transfers the visualized image from said intermediate transfer medium to a recording medium in accordance with said second voltage.