Patent ID: 8068243
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming section in which a plurality of writing units are disposed in a sub-scanning direction for each color, the writing units having writing elements arranged in a main scanning direction, and which forms a color image by superimposing an image of each color which is formed by using the plurality of writing units; an image converting section to convert an input image data to an image data of a color which corresponds to each of the plurality of writing units; a storage section to store information according to an arrangement of the writing elements for each writing unit; a correction section to correct an output timing for each pixel of the image data for each color which is converted by the image converting section based on the information according to the arrangement of the writing elements for each writing unit; a setting section to set an operation mode according to an image forming in the image forming section; and a control section to control a correction in the correction section based on the operation mode set by the setting section.