Patent attributes
An image forming apparatus including: an optical scanning unit for deflecting and scanning a light on a photosensitive body, the optical scanning unit having: a light source for emitting the light; a deflection section that deflects the emitted light; a driving section that drives the deflection section; and a temperature detecting section that detects the temperature of the driving section or the temperature in vicinity of the driving section; a developing section that develops an electrostatic latent image by depositing a developer on the electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the photosensitive body by the optical scanning unit; a transfer section that transfers the developer deposited on the surface of the photosensitive body to a recording medium; and a controller for changing a drive speed of the driving section based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting section.
