Tandem-type image forming apparatus operating in color mode and monochrome mode
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Mar 13, 2001
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Aug 10, 1998
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Aug 12, 1997
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The recording sheet supporting surface of the transport belt comes in contact with the photosensitive drums for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black in the color copy mode, and is separated from the photosensitive drums aside from the photosensitive drum used for forming a black image in the monochrome copy mode with the image forming units for cyan, magenta, and yellow not being activated. With this separating operation, the distance on the transportation path of the recording sheet measured from the synchronizing roller to the transfer position of the photosensitive drum used for forming a black image in the monochrome copy mode is longer than in the color copy mode. Thus, the start time of scanning the surface of the photosensitive drum used for forming the black image is delayed in the monochrome mode according to the difference in distances between the color and monochrome modes.
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