Patent ID: 6061543
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image writing device including a photoconductor halving latent image formed thereon and developer for developing the latent image into a toner image on the photoconductor;a first transfer unit including a first plurality of rollers and a first transfer belt tensioned around the first plurality of rollers and arranged to receive the toner image from the photoconductor in a first transfer region;a second transfer unit including a second plurality of rollers and a second transfer belt tensioned around the second plurality of rollers and arranged to contact the first transfer belt to receive the toner image from the photoconductor in a second transfer region and transfer the toner image onto a sheet; anda driving control unit arranged to drive the first transfer belt and the second transfer belt such that deformed portions of the first transfer belt and the second transfer belt which have been deformed due to plastic deformation caused by contact with at least one of the plurality of rollers of the first and second transfer units respectively, do not contact each other at the second transfer region.