摘要:
An object of the invention is to reduce the burden of a process for suppressing false contours. A boundary processing portion (48) in an image processing apparatus (21) detects a boundary between pixel regions in a processing-object image and symmetrically exchanges reflection densities of pixels in two exchange-object regions set on both sides of the boundary using the boundary as an axis of symmetry. The boundary processing portion (48) carries out the process only on a boundary between two adjoining pixel regions for which a reflection density difference is within a predetermined allowable range among all pixel regions in the processing-object image. A lower limit of reflection density difference within the allowable range is a minimum value among reflection density differences in two pixel regions which can be discriminated by human eyes and is, for example, 0.003 or 0.005.
摘要:
A developer layer forming device includes a photoreceptor drum (1), a developing roller (26) arranged opposite to the photoreceptor drum (1) such that the developing roller (25) is in contact with or adjacent to the photoreceptor drum (1), and supporting a non-magnetic developer, and a blade (28) arranged opposite to the developing roller (25) and also arranged such that an edge of the blade (28) is pressed against and thus in contact with the developing roller (25) at a nip portion.
摘要:
A developing device and a blade (30) of the developing device, includes a contact section which is in plane contact with a development roller (21), and an inclined section (30a) which extends from an end of the contact section so as to form a flare at an inflow section of a one-component developer between the blade and development roller. When a flare angle between the blade having the flare and a line tangent to the development roller is denoted by a tilt angle θ, the angle satisfies 30° ≤ θ ≤ 90°. Thus, if the flare angle at the inflow section of the one-component developer between the blade (30) and development roller (21) is optimized, even when the one-component developer deteriorates with time, for example, the flowability is changed with time, it is possible to provide a developing device and a blade of the developing device capable of forming a one-component developer layer with an extremely stable deposit of one-component developer. Moreover, it is possible to provide a blade which can increase the dimensional tolerance of the inclined section and can be produced easily at a low cost.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to prevent an electrical breakdown of a toner layer and an occurrence of overcurrent, thereby preventing quality of image from being degraded at the time of development, when development with one-component toner is conducted using a developing roller of low resistance. The resistance value Rd of a developing roller (41) which carries and conveys one-component toner (10) in a manner of coming into contact with a photoconductor (1) which bears an electrostatic latent image, is defined as Rd = ρd · (Dd1/S1), wherein S1 (cm 2 ) is an area in which the developing roller (41) comes into contact with the static image bearing member via a toner layer (45), Dd1 (cm) is a layer thickness of a semiconductive layer which composes the developing roller, and ρd (Ω · cm) is a volume resistivity thereof. The range of the resistance Rd is set as 10 4 5 and the resistance Rt (Ω) of the toner layer is set as Rt > 5 × 10 7 . By using the developing roller (41) of low resistance, excellent development is realized and an electrical breakdown and an overcurrent can be avoided by the resistance value of the toner layer.
摘要:
A blade (25) is pressed against a developing roller (21) for regulating the amount of toner which is deposited on a surface of the developing roller (21). The blade (25) is formed with a slant face (25a) at its tip end, to which the toner is transported along a direction of rotation of the developing roller (21). An angle of aperture θ at a toner inlet portion defined by the developing roller (21) and the slant face (25a) is set at 12.5° or more, the angle of aperture counting in an angle ψ of the slant face (25a), elastic deformation and radius (R) of the developing roller (21), and an angle α related to a nip width w on which the blade contacts with the developing roller (21). Such an angle of aperture θ provides a great allowance for a free length ℓ of the blade (25), thereby permitting the blade to maintain a constant toner mass for forming a uniform toner layer.