Patent ID: 8451310

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier, an exposure section provided with, a light emitting element, a polygon mirror to receive a light beam from the light emitting element, a polygon motor to rotate the polygon mirror, and a motor drive section to drive the polygon motor based on a polygon drive clock, the exposure section exposing the image carrier using light beams via the polygon mirror based on image data; a developing section to develop an electrostatic latent image by a toner, the electrostatic latent image being formed on the image carrier by the exposure section; a transfer section to transfer a toner image onto a recording paper, the toner image being formed on the image carrier by the developing section; an image processing section to adjust image magnification by image processing of the image data; and, a control section configured to select at least either of a first magnification adjustment to change a rotation speed of the polygon mirror by the motor drive section and a second magnification adjustment to carry out image processing of the image data by the image processing section, based on comparison results between a paper interval time during recording paper conveyance in image formation and the first magnification adjustment time required to stabilize polygon mirror rotation in the first magnification adjustment, when adjusting image magnification with respect to the recording paper.