Patent ID: 6553206
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a plurality of image forming units each including latent image-forming means for forming a latent image on an image-carrying member, developing means for causing a toner to adhere to said latent image, and transfer means for transferring said toner onto a continuous recording medium; and recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; wherein toner images, formed respectively by said plurality of image forming units, are transferred to said recording medium so as to form an image; and wherein a pair of recording medium feed speed detection means are provided upstream and downstream of an image transfer region, respectively, and there is provided image-forming position correction amount-outputting means for correcting a misregistration of an image recording position in the feed direction at said image transfer region in accordance with the speed detected by at least one of said pair of said recording medium feed speed detection means.