Patent ID: 6788914
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:photosensitive bodies each rotatable about a predetermined axis and provided to form a color image for respective colors; light exposure sections provided for the respective colors and configured to form a latent image corresponding to a line-like image of a predetermined pitch in an axial direction of the respective photosensitive body; developing sections provided for the respective colors and configured to supply color developing agents corresponding to the respective photosensitive bodies to allow the latent image which corresponds to the line-like image of the predetermined pitch to be developed; a transfer belt configured to allow the developed line-like image of a predetermined pitch for the respective color to be transferred; sensors arranged at a predetermined position and configured to detect the transferred line-like image formed for the respective color; and an adjusting section configured to, based on the phases of waveforms for the respective colors calculated from the pitch of lines for respective colors which have been detected, relative to the phase of a given photosensitive body adjust the rotation positions of the other photosensitive bodies to allow the phases of the other photosensitive bodies to be substantially matched to the phase of the given photosensitive body.