Patent ID: 6937825

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a conveyance section which conveys sheets of a printing medium; an image forming section including a photosensitive drum which forms a latent image of an image, and an intermediate transfer medium which holds the image, the image being transferred from the intermediate transfer medium into each sheet of the printing medium; and a control section which executes control to change a latent image forming position on the photosensitive drum in order to dynamically change an image forming position on the intermediate transfer medium in accordance with printing conditions, thereby enabling the image to be transferred onto said each sheet of the printing medium while the intermediate transfer medium is being rotated at a predetermined speed even if the image forming position is changed, wherein the conveyance section includes a resist roller, and the control section executes control to make a conveyance speed of each printing medium sheet assumed until said each printing sheet medium sheet reaches the resist roller, higher than a process conveyance speed at which conveyance of said each printing medium is restarted after the conveyance is temporarily stopped by the resist roller, and even when said each printing medium is stopped at a position corresponding to the resist roller, a subsequent process conveyance takes place smoothly.