- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus which supplies complementing toner to a region between formed toner images in which no toner is provided, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing image forming program
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Application No.: US15728776Application Date: 2017-10-10
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Publication No.: US10222727B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Tomohiro Kawasaki , Tetsuya Ishikawa , Hiroyuki Saito , Ryoei Ikari , Tatsuya Furuta , Aiko Kubota
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2016-208736 20161025
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G15/10 ; G03G15/00
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms on a recording material a toner image based on input image information; a fixer that fixes a toner image formed on the recording material; and a hardware processor that controls the image former and the fixer in which the hardware processor controls the image former to supply, to a region where no toner is provided between toner images based on the input image information, complementing toner having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of toner for forming the toner image based on input image information.
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