Global Patent Index - EP 2541332 B1

EP 2541332 B1 20190911 - Image forming apparatus

Title (en)

Image forming apparatus

Title (de)

Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung

Title (fr)

Appareil de formation d'images

Publication

EP 2541332 B1 20190911 (EN)

Application

EP 12173819 A 20120627

Priority

JP 2011146375 A 20110630

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2541332A2] An image forming apparatus (10) includes an exposing unit (20) including light emitting chips (44) arranged in a main-scanning direction; a developing unit (26) configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive element (22) to form a toner image; a transfer unit (28) configured to transfer the toner image to a medium (34); a detecting unit (50) configured to detect an amount of skew in an array direction of each light emitting chip (44); an adjusting unit (68) configured to generate a density correction image to be formed on the medium (34) through dithering, the density correction image having a higher resolution than that of a printing image and having the resolution increased with an increase in the amount of skew; and a correction unit (61) configured to perform skew correction on the density correction image on the basis of the amount of skew.

IPC 8 full level

G03G 15/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); G03G 15/043 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0407 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0409 (2013.01); G03G 2215/047 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2541332 A2 20130102; EP 2541332 A3 20180103; EP 2541332 B1 20190911; JP 2013015570 A 20130124; JP 5849467 B2 20160127

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12173819 A 20120627; JP 2011146375 A 20110630