Patent ID: 8175477
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier respectively holding a plurality of colors of developer images; an endless intermediate transfer member having a transport surface and being tensioned to transport the developer images, transferred from the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member, from a first transfer position to a second transfer position; a first transfer member that brings the intermediate transfer member in contact with the image carrier and transfers overlayingly a plurality of colors of the developer images present on the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member at the first transfer position; a second transfer member that transfers the developer images to a recording medium at the second transfer position by electrostatic force; a position adjusting member that adjusts a position of the transport surface of the intermediate transfer member downstream of the first transfer position so as to adjust pressure applied by the first transfer member to the intermediate transfer member to bring the intermediate transfer member in contact with the image carrier; and a controller that controls the position adjusting member based on information it receives concerning a type of the recoding medium to which the second transfer member is to transfer the developer images.