US 12,265,349 B2
Image forming apparatus having image stabilization
Hirotaka Seki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,071.
Application 18/526,071 is a continuation of application No. 17/988,823, filed on Nov. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,868,071.
Application 17/988,823 is a continuation of application No. 17/375,172, filed on Jul. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,520,264, issued on Dec. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-123903 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0103420 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5041 (2013.01) [G03G 15/234 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image forming unit forming an image on a sheet base on image data;
a reading unit reading the sheet on which an image is formed; and
a control unit,
wherein a first surface of the sheet comprises a first area where image forming is prohibited, a second area where image forming is allowed, and a third area which serves as a margin along each side of the sheet,
wherein a second surface of the sheet, which is a back surface of the first sheet, comprises a fourth area where image forming is prohibited, a fifth area where image forming is allowed, and a sixth area which serves as a margin along each side of the sheet, and
upon controlling the image forming unit to perform image forming on the first surface and the second surface of the sheet, the control unit:
forms a test image on the first area of the first surface;
forms an image on the second area of the first surface; and
forms an image on the fifth area of the second surface.