Patent ID: 9086659
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a movable photosensitive member; an exposure unit configured to form a latent image on the photosensitive member at a predetermined exposure timing to correspond to a position of the latent image in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the photosensitive member; a developing unit configured to form toner image from the latent image on the photosensitive member; a movable endless intermediate transfer belt configured to have transferred to the endless intermediate belt the toner image from the photosensitive member; a steering roller configured to stretch the intermediate transfer belt and configured to incline so as to move the intermediate transfer belt in a width direction; a sensor configured to detect a position of the intermediate transfer belt in the width direction; a controller configured to incline the steering roller based on a detection result of the sensor so as to maintain the position of the intermediate belt in the width direction within a predetermined range; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image on the intermediate transfer belt to a recording material at a transfer portion; an output portion configured to output an estimated moving amount of the intermediate transfer belt, the estimated moving amount being a predicted value of moving amount of the intermediate transfer belt in the width direction which is determined based on a plurality of historical data of the sensor; a moving device configured to move in the width direction a position of a recording material conveyed to the transfer portion; and an adjusting portion configured to adjust at least one of the position of a recording material in the width direction and the predetermined exposure timing so that a position of the toner image transferred onto a recording material with respect to the width direction is not at an incorrect position when the intermediate transfer belt moves in width direction within the predetermined range, based on information from the output portion.