Patent ID: 6700595
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:an image bearing member; a latent image writing device configured to emit a plurality of laser beams, two adjacent of the plurality of laser beams partially overlapping in a sub-scanning direction, respectively, and forming a latent image of a reference image on a surface of the image bearing member by repeatedly scanning each laser beam forming the latent image of the reference image on the surface of the image bearing member, the latent image writing device having a plurality of modes of writing the latent image of the reference image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image of the reference image formed on the surface of the image bearing member with toner into a toner image of the reference image; and a detecting device configured to detect a density of the toner image of the reference image on the image bearing member, wherein a quantity of light of each laser beam forming a subsequent latent image is adjusted according to the density of the toner image of the reference image detected by the detecting device.