Patent ID: 8818239

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a belt member; a first image bearing member configured to bear a toner image to be transferred onto said belt member; a second image bearing member, provided downstream of said first image bearing member with respect to a rotational direction of said belt member, configured to bear a toner image to be transferred onto said belt member; a first steering roller, provided upstream of said first image bearing member with respect to the rotational direction of said belt member, configured to control a widthwise position of said belt member by inclining at a position; a second steering roller, provided downstream of said second image bearing member with respect to the rotational direction of said belt member, configured to control the widthwise position of said belt member; a first detecting member configured to detect a widthwise position of said belt member on said first image bearing member; a second detecting member configured to detect a widthwise position of said belt member on said second image bearing member; a first control portion configured to control an inclination of said first steering roller on the basis of a detection result of said first detecting member; and a second control portion configured to control said second steering roller based on a detection result of said first detecting member before a predetermined time and based on a current detection result of said second detecting member.