Image forming apparatus having exposure operation control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9134669
APP PUB NO 20140086602A1
SERIAL NO

13956914

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An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to perform an acquiring operation of acquiring an exposure completion time point when an exposure operation of exposing a photoconductive body using image data has been completed and a trailing-end detecting time point when a detector has detected a trailing end of a sheet, and a determining operation of determining whether a developer image would be transferred outside the sheet, based on the exposure completion time point and the trailing-end detecting time point acquired in the acquiring operation, a transfer time period required for an arbitrary point on the photoconductive body to move to a transfer position from an exposure position, and a conveyance time period required for a trailing end of the sheet to move to the transfer position since the detector detects the trailing end of the sheet.

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  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Suzuki, Takashi Aichi, JP 1576 20325

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