Patent ID: 7519319
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, comprising: an image bearing member; an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image formed on the image bearing member is transferred, and the intermediate transfer member being configured to hold simultaneously a plurality of sequentially formed toner images; a secondary transfer member transferring the toner image held on the intermediate transfer member to a transfer medium; a cleaning member removing toner images from the intermediate transfer member after the secondary transfer; a feeding member feeding a transfer medium into the secondary transfer member; and a controller controlling a sheet-delay transfer mode which includes a subsequent toner image of the plurality of toner images on the intermediate transfer member being transferred to a recording medium, the subsequent toner image being transferred to the recording medium before a previous toner image and a further subsequent toner image transfer being interrupted in order to form the previous toner image when a transfer of the previous toner image of the plurality of toner images on the intermediate transfer member is out of sync with the timing at which the previous toner image is to be transferred to the transfer medium fed from the feeding member.