Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique for reducing uneven image density in an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15090252Application Date: 2016-04-04
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Publication No.: US09727001B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Satoshi Kaneko , Shuji Hirai , Terumichi Ochi
- Applicant: Satoshi Kaneko , Shuji Hirai , Terumichi Ochi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP
- Priority: JP2015-080240 20150409
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an electric current detector, and a controller. The image forming device includes a latent image bearer, a charging rotator, a charging power supply, a latent image writing unit, and a developing unit. The controller (i) determines an uneven electric resistance of the charging rotator in a direction of rotation of the charging rotator, based on a detection result by the electric current detector, (ii) perform, at a predetermined timing, data construction processing to construct change pattern data to change an output value of a voltage from the charging power supply according to a predetermined pattern, based on the uneven electric resistance, and (iii) perform, in a print job to form a toner image in response to an instruction, voltage changing processing to charge the latent image bearer while changing the output value of the voltage, based on the change pattern data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160299452A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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