Inventors:
Kenichi Iida - Boise ID, US
Tatsunori Ishiyama - Shizuoka, JP
Yasuo Yoda - Shizuoka, JP
Assignee:
Canon Kabushik Kaisha - Tokyo
International Classification:
B41J002/385
G03G013/04
G03G015/00
G03G015/01
Abstract:
The image forming apparatus includes, a movable first image bearing member on which a toner image is formed; and a movable second image bearing member which is brought into contact with the first image bearing member and to which the toner image on the first image bearing member is transferred, in which the toner image on the second image bearing member is transferred onto a transferring material, a dot-shaped dot image formed of a toner different from the toner image is formable on the first image bearing member, and the dot image is variable according to a condition upon forming the toner image on the transferring material. Thus, there is provided an image forming apparatus capable of forming a final image with a high quality in a stable manner independently of a selection of a type of transferring materials or image quality mode as well as suppressing an image streak occurrence.