Image forming apparatus with image timing signal adjustment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10120319
APP PUB NO 20150220042A1
SERIAL NO

14604897

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The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for converting image information into an image signal and output the image signal with reference to a timing signal, a sheet feeding control unit for feeding a recording material, an image forming unit for forming the image on a photosensitive drum based on the image signal output from the control unit, a transmission unit for transmitting a length of the image corresponding to a length of an output period of the image signal, an automatic sheet length detection mechanism for acquiring a length of the recording material in a conveyance direction thereof, and an image control unit for controlling a time interval at which the timing signal is output based on the size of the image and the size of the recording material.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Kanno, Naoki Fujisawa, JP 21 62

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