摘要:
A two-component developer including toner and magnetic carriers is provided. The two-component developer is characterized in that when a development device including a developer bearing member bearing the two-component developer is operated under a development condition of an image forming apparatus using a quasi photoconductor in which a layer of tetrafluoroethylene resin is provided to a conductive material in 10µm thick, the number of times of light emission occurring in a magnetic brush formed on the developer bearing member due to partial conduction in the magnetic brush is 10 times or less per second at an observation cross section that is perpendicular relative to a rotation axis of the developer bearing member.
摘要:
A developing method of the present invention is practicable with a developing unit (1) of the type including a rotatable, nonmagnetic sleeve (7) and a rigid metering member (9). A two ingredient type developer made up of magnetic carrier grains and toner grains is magnetically deposited on the sleeve (7). The metering member (9) meters the amount of the developer deposited on the sleeve (7). The sleeve (7) has surface roughness Rz ranging from 5 µm to 20 µm. The carrier grains each are covered with a coating layer containing at least binder resin and grains. The ratio of the diameter D of the individual grain contained in the coating layer to the thickness h of the binder resin layer lies in the range of 1
摘要:
A developing method of the present invention is practicable with a developing unit (1) of the type including a rotatable, nonmagnetic sleeve (7) and a rigid metering member (9). A two ingredient type developer made up of magnetic carrier grains and toner grains is magnetically deposited on the sleeve (7). The metering member (9) meters the amount of the developer deposited on the sleeve (7). The sleeve (7) has surface roughness Rz ranging from 5 µm to 20 µm. The carrier grains each are covered with a coating layer containing at least binder resin and grains. The ratio of the diameter D of the individual grain contained in the coating layer to the thickness h of the binder resin layer lies in the range of 1
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (100) includes a latent image carrier (2) to carry a latent image, a developing device (5) to develop the latent image with toner to form a toner image on the latent image carrier (2), a transfer unit (6) to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium, and a controller (30). The controller (30) executes an image density adjustment control of adjusting a developing bias to obtain a target image density, and further executes a forced toner consumption control of forcibly consuming the toner contained in the developing device (5) by attaching the toner to the latent image carrier (2) to form a toner pattern on the surface of the latent image carrier (2). The controller (30) executes the forced toner consumption control to forcibly consume a smaller amount of toner in response to a higher developing bias as adjusted by the image density adjustment control.
摘要:
A development device (113) including a developer container (121), a developer bearer (132), a magnetic field generator (133), a developer agitator (118a) to supply the developer to the developer bearer (132), and a developer regulator (116) to adjust a layer thickness of the developer carried on the developer bearer (132). Multiple oval recesses (139) oblique to the axial direction of the developer bearer (132) are formed in the outer circumferential surface of the developer bearer (132) and arranged in a circumferential direction and the axial direction thereof. An upstream inner wall (139a) of the recess (139) in the rotational direction of the developer bearer (132) applies a force to the developer as the developer bearer (132) rotates, and an angle between a long axis of the recess (139) and the axial direction is set so that the force applied by the upstream inner wall (139a) of the recess (139) has a component in a direction substantially identical to the developer conveyance direction of the developer agitator (118a).
摘要:
A two-component developer including toner and magnetic carriers is provided. The two-component developer is characterized in that when a development device including a developer bearing member bearing the two-component developer is operated under a development condition of an image forming apparatus using a quasi photoconductor in which a layer of tetrafluoroethylene resin is provided to a conductive material in 10µm thick, the number of times of light emission occurring in a magnetic brush formed on the developer bearing member due to partial conduction in the magnetic brush is 10 times or less per second at an observation cross section that is perpendicular relative to a rotation axis of the developer bearing member.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (100) includes a latent image carrier (2) to carry a latent image, a developing device (5) to develop the latent image with toner to form a toner image on the latent image carrier (2), a transfer unit (6) to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium, and a controller (30). The controller (30) executes an image density adjustment control of adjusting a developing bias to obtain a target image density, and further executes a forced toner consumption control of forcibly consuming the toner contained in the developing device (5) by attaching the toner to the latent image carrier (2) to form a toner pattern on the surface of the latent image carrier (2). The controller (30) executes the forced toner consumption control to forcibly consume a smaller amount of toner in response to a higher developing bias as adjusted by the image density adjustment control.