Patent ID: 8311472
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image holder that is movably provided; a first image forming unit that forms a first image on the image holder; a second image forming unit that forms a second image on the image holder including the first image formed thereon; a transfer portion that transfers, onto a recording medium, the first image and the second image formed on the image holder; a supply unit that transports the recording medium and that supplies the recording medium to the transfer portion; an acquisition unit that acquires information on a position of displacement on the recording medium in a transport direction of the recording medium, the displacement occurring between the first image and the second image transferred onto the recording medium; and an adjustment unit that changes a supply speed of the recording medium at the supply unit on the basis of the information on the position, the information acquired by the acquisition unit.