Image forming apparatus using at least one screen to form a toner image

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms a toner image using a screen; a first transfer member that transfers the toner image formed by the image forming portion to a rotating transfer belt; a second transfer member that transfers the toner image transferred to the transfer belt by the first transfer member to a recording medium; and a controller that differentiates between, in a transfer area of the transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred by the first transfer member a screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to the transfer area in a preceding print cycle and a screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to this transfer area for the first time after the transfer belt has been rotated and the toner image has been second-transferred to a recording medium.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion that forms a toner image using a screen; a first transfer member that transfers the toner image formed by the image forming portion to a rotating transfer belt; a second transfer member that transfers the toner image transferred to the transfer belt by the first transfer member to a recording medium; and a controller that differentiates between, in a first transfer area of the transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred by the first transfer member, a first screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to the first transfer area in a first print cycle and a second screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to the first transfer area for the first time after the transfer belt has been rotated, after the first print cycle, and after the toner image to be transferred to the first transfer area in a first print cycle has been second-transferred to a recording medium.