摘要:
The invention provides a control method for controlling a color image forming apparatus capable of forming a color image on a transfer material (11) and provided with a first optical sensor (41) capable of detecting optical reflection characteristics of an unfixed toner image and a second optical sensor (42) capable of detecting optical reflection characteristics of a toner image after fixation, the method including a first forming step of forming a mixed-color toner image including plural toners; a calculation step of calculating, based on optical reflection characteristics of the mixed-color toner image detected by the second optical sensor, a condition that the mixed-color toner image becomes achromatic; a second forming step of forming a toner image corresponding to the calculated toner mixing ratio; and a processing step of processing an output of the first optical sensor based on the optical reflection characteristics of the monochromatic toner image detected by the first optical sensor.
摘要:
The invention provides an image forming apparatus and a method of manufacturing thereof which is capable of continuously forming images with proper density without reducing the image forming speed and, retrains toner consumption. A CPU for calculating an image forming condition by a density sensor is provided. The image forming operation is conducted in basis of a calculated new image forming condition and a current image forming condition used prior to the calculation of a new image forming condition in the image forming operation so as to determine an available image forming condition.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a coordinate converter (112) that corrects an image position in one pixel unit by converting a coordinate, a gradation value converter (113) that corrects the image position in less-than-one pixel unit by converting a gradation value, an image outputting unit (121) that forms a detection toner image including an intermediate gradation pixel onto an image bearing member that can bear a toner image, and a light reflection characteristic detector (122) that detects a light reflection characteristic of the detection toner image. The gradation value converter is adjusted in accordance with a detection output of the light reflection characteristic detector.
摘要:
The invention provides an image forming apparatus and a method of manufacturing thereof which is capable of continuously forming images with proper density without reducing the image forming speed and, retrains toner consumption. A CPU for calculating an image forming condition by a density sensor (9) is provided. The image forming operation is conducted in basis of a calculated new image forming condition and a current image forming condition used prior to the calculation of a new image forming condition in the image forming operation so as to determine an available image forming condition, so that the current image forming condition is brought to the new image forming condition through a gradual change.
摘要:
Provided are a method of making correction for color sensor output values in color image forming apparatus, which succeeds in improving color reproducibility of the color image forming apparatus, and the color image forming apparatus provided with the method. For realizing them, the apparatus and method according to the present invention are configured to make correction for deviation due to a color detecting device, of a color sensor output value S i in detection of a fixed patch; set a boundary turning point D between an ignorable region of toner bearing amounts where influence of a color of a transferring material is ignorable on chromaticity of the patch and an unignorable region of toner bearing amounts where the influence is unignorable; make further correction for a corrected value S i ' w after the correction for the deviation due to the color detecting device, using different methods for the unignorable region and the ignorable region; and, thereby, eliminate the influence of the color of the transferring material on the chromaticity of the patch.
摘要:
A color image forming apparatus includes a first density detecting unit for detecting a density of a first detection toner image formed on an image bearing member or a transferring material carrying member, and a second density detecting unit for detecting a density of a second detection toner image fixed onto a transferring material, and executes image density control based on a detection result of the first density detecting unit and a detection result of the second density detecting unit. A detecting light application position of the first density detecting unit and a detection light application position of the second density detecting unit are almost equal relative to a perpendicular direction to a transferring material conveying direction. It is thereby possible to shorten time required for density control and to prevent deterioration of density control accuracy caused by a temporal change and a positional change in the density of a detection toner patch.
摘要:
The invention makes it possible to realize controlling of the density-gradation characteristics that is superior in that gray balance of tertiary color is taken into account as compared to conventional control of the density-gradation characteristics that uses only density sensor, in an individual color image forming apparatus. The density of an unfixed patch is detected before a fixing operation. The color of a fixed patch formed on a transferring material is also detected. Calibration tables for cyan, magenta, yellow and black for converting gradients in given image information into gradients matched with density-gradation characteristics of the color image forming apparatus are corrected based on results of the above-mentioned detections, thereby controlling density-gradation characteristics.