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| 20090116887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING RESIDUAL TONER FROM DRUMS IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for cleaning a plurality of drums in an image forming apparatus includes applying a first bias to each of a plurality of disturbing members, each disturbing member associated with a corresponding drum of a plurality of drums. While performing an image forming operation wherein at least one of the plurality of drums is not use, the bias is changed of a disturbing member corresponding to at least one of the plurality of drums not used in performing the image forming operation from the first bias to a second bias different from the first bias. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100008690 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING THE SAME - It is an object of the invention to provide an image forming apparatus in which the quality of output images is improved by defining the relation between a measured value of an adhesion of toner and a physical property value of an intermediate belt and related technologies thereof. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100271413 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an ink-jet head configured to eject ink to form an image on a sheet; and a controller configured to control an amount of the ink ejected from the ink-jet head and reduce an ejection amount of the ink ejected to a damaged sheet to be smaller than an ejection amount of the ink ejected to an undamaged sheet. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100296839 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ITS CLEANER UNIT, AND CLEANER UNIT REPLACEMENT METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus in which occurrence of defective cleaning is prevented, replacement is easy, and occurrence of toner spillage can also be prevented. A cleaner unit of an image forming apparatus of the invention includes a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a toner bearing body in order to collect toner from the toner bearing body bearing the toner, a toner removal member to remove the toner from the cleaning member, and a waste toner storage part to store the removed toner, the cleaning member, the toner removal member and the waste toner storage part are integrally constructed into a unit structure, and the unit is constructed to be attachable to and detachable from the toner bearing body or a main body of the image forming apparatus. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110008078 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, and an intermediate transfer medium. The first image forming unit includes at least one image bearing member on which a first image is formed. The second image forming unit includes an image bearing member on which a second image is formed. The first image is primarily transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium. When the intermediate transfer medium is moved to a first position, the first image is secondarily transferred onto the image bearing member of the second image forming unit and tertiarily transferred onto a transfer medium from the image bearing member. When the intermediate transfer medium is moved to a second position, the second image is transferred onto the transfer medium from the image bearing member of the second image forming unit. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110069996 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A technology for controlling the generation of damages of a photoconductive surface caused due to the attachment of a carrier to a photoconductor in an image forming apparatus using a two-component developing agent is provided. An image forming apparatus is configured to include an intermediate transfer body having prescribed elasticity on a transfer surface onto which a toner image is transferred; plural image carriers which transfer a toner image onto the transfer surface and which are disposed along a movement direction of the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body; plural development sections which form toner images having a different color from each other with respect to the plural image carriers by using a two-component developing agent made of a toner and a carrier; and developing agent replenishment sections which replenish a toner and a carrier in the development sections. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110200345 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER IMAGE TRANSFER AND FIXING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON TONER IMAGE TRANSFER AND FIXING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive member, an intermediate transfer belt, a transfer and fixing belt, a fixing and pressing roller, and a heating device. The heating device heats a toner image on the transfer and fixing belt between a first toner image transfer position for transfer from the intermediate transfer belt onto the transfer and fixing belt and a second toner image transfer position for transfer from the transfer and fixing belt onto a sheet in a moving direction of a belt surface of the transfer and fixing belt and, at the same time, heats the sheet conveyed to the second toner image transfer position. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110200352 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD OF CHARGING ROLLER - An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charging roller and a guide member. The guide member is disposed near an outer circumferential surface of the charging roller, and extends in an axial direction of the charging roller, a cleaning member for cleaning the charging roller is engaged with and disengaged from the guide member, and the guide member guides the cleaning member in the axial direction of the charging roller. | 08-18-2011 |
