Image forming apparatus with control feature based on transfer material discrimination
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a movable image bearing member;
a movable intermediary transfer member, wherein an image on said image bearing member is transferred onto said intermediary transfer member by a primary transfer and the image transferred onto said intermediary transfer member is transferred onto a transfer material by a secondary transfer;
discrimination means for discriminating a kind of the transfer material; and
control means for controlling a moving speed ratio between said image bearing member and said intermediary transfer member on the basis of an output of said discrimination means.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member, a movable intermediary transfer member, wherein an image on the image bearing member is transferred onto the intermediary transfer member by primary transfer and the image transferred onto the intermediary transfer member is transferred onto a transfer material by secondary transfer, a discriminator for discriminating a kind of the transfer material, and a controller for controlling a moving speed ratio between the image bearing member and the intermediary transfer member on the basis of an output of the discriminator.
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a movable image bearing member; a movable intermediary transfer member, wherein an image on said image bearing member is transferred onto said intermediary transfer member by a primary transfer and the image transferred onto said intermediary transfer member is transferred onto a transfer material by a secondary transfer; discrimination means for discriminating a kind of the transfer material; and control means for controlling a moving speed ratio between said image bearing member and said intermediary transfer member on the basis of an output of said discrimination means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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