Patent ID: 7412177
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a latent image writing device that writes an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; a developing device that develops a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image; a transferring device that transfers the toner image onto a recording material; a position correcting unit that corrects a position of the electrostatic latent image before the electrostatic latent image is written by the latent image writing device; a recording material determining unit that determines whether or not the recording material has a long width; and a correction amount changing unit that, when the recording material determining unit determines that the recording material has a long non-standard width, sets an offset amount for correcting the position of the electrostatic latent image to a value smaller than a value that matches a central position of an image to a center of the recording material, and when the recording material has a standard width, sets an offset amount for correcting the position of the electrostatic latent image to the value that matches the central position of the image to the center of the recording material.