Patent ID: 8432426

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of image carriers that carry electrostatic latent images formed as a result of the plurality of image carriers being scanned with light beams; a plurality of optical components that are disposed in correspondence to the plurality of image carriers and reflect or shape light beams deflected by a deflector; a bending moment generating structure that generates a bending moment in a supported portion of at least one of the plurality of optical components; and an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a bowing amount of the at least one of the plurality of optical components by adjusting the bending moment of the bending moment generating structure; a plurality of support holes, formed on each optical component along a longitudinal direction of the optical component, that fix the optical component to an optical box by support pins fixed to the optical box passing through the support holes, wherein one of the support holes formed on one end of the longitudinal direction of each optical component is an elongate hole whose longitudinal direction coincides with a scanning direction.