发明授权
- 专利标题: Image forming apparatus which calculates toner consumption in accordance with tone correction
- 专利标题(中): 根据色调校正计算调色剂消耗的图像形成装置
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申请号: US558103申请日: 1995-11-17
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公开(公告)号: US5724627A公开(公告)日: 1998-03-03
- 发明人: Yukihiko Okuno , Masaki Tanaka , Naoyoshi Kinoshita
- 申请人: Yukihiko Okuno , Masaki Tanaka , Naoyoshi Kinoshita
- 申请人地址: JPX Osaka
- 专利权人: Minolta Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Minolta Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JPX Osaka
- 优先权: JPX6-284925 19941118
- 主分类号: G03G15/00
- IPC分类号: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08 ; H04N1/29 ; H04N1/407
摘要:
In an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a correction coefficient corresponding to each density level of toner consumption of a developing device is determined in accordance with a selected tone correction method, and/or the ratio of the emission period to the non-emission period of a light source. A toner consumption calculator multiplies the correction coefficients by the number of pixels of each density level of document image data, and determines the amount of toner consumed by the developing device from the sum total value of the multiplication results determined for each density level. A toner replenishment device resupplies toner to the developing device based on the determined amount of consumed toner. As a result, a constant toner concentration Tc normally can be maintained because toner is resupplied based on the calculated amount of toner consumption.
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