摘要:
The image forming apparatus has a control unit executing image forming by choosing either one of modes including first and second modes, the first mode for setting a length of an interval region between images in between a first region of an intermediate transfer member is formed and a second region of the intermediate transfer member is formed to a first length and the second mode for setting the same to a second length, and the control unit sets the first length to such a length that a region of the intermediate transfer member after one rotation of the first region and at least a part of the second region are overlapped with each other and the second length to a length of one rotation or more and two rotations or less of the intermediate transfer member.
摘要:
A transfer device (35) includes a conveyance belt (351), a transfer roller (352), and a stretch roller (354). The conveyance belt (351) is in contact with an image carrier (31) that carries a toner image, and conveys a sheet via a contact position with the image carrier (31). A voltage having a polarity opposite to a charging polarity of toner that forms the toner image is applied to the transfer roller (352), and the transfer roller (352) transfers the toner image carried by the image carrier (31) onto the sheet at the contact position. The stretch roller (354) stretches the conveyance belt (351) at a separation position in which the sheet is separated from the conveyance belt (351) and which is downstream of the contact position in a conveyance direction in which the sheet is conveyed by the conveyance belt (351), and the voltage having the polarity opposite to the charging polarity of the toner is applied to the stretch roller (354).
摘要:
According to an embodiment, provided is a transfer device including: a nip forming member (36) that abuts against a surface of an image carrier (31) carrying a toner image; and a transfer voltage application unit (39) that applies a transfer voltage including a DC component and an AC component. The transfer voltage is an alternating voltage in which a supply voltage having polarity in a transfer direction and a return voltage having polarity opposite. A time average value Vave of the transfer voltage is set to be at polarity in the transfer direction and is set to be closer to a peak value Vt of the supply voltage relative to a center value Voff between a maximum and minimum value. An absolute value of the peak value Vr of the return voltage is set to be larger than an absolute value of the time average value Vave.
摘要:
A sheet transportation device comprising a transportation roller driven during operation, a guiding element and actuation means used to switchably affect the interspacing between the transportation roller and the guiding element, such that, in a closed state during operation, a sheet is guided against the driven roller by the guiding element, where the sheet transportation device comprises a freely rotatably arranged roller, arranged concentrically relative to the transportation roller, which, in radial direction, extends beyond the circumferential edge of the driven roller and has been positioned in the vicinity of the driven roller. The invention also relates to a reversing station and a printer comprising a sheet transportation device of this kind.
摘要:
An electrophotographic printer in which a photoconductor drum and a transfer drum can be supported in a simple component construction and in the makeup free from misalignment and development of thrust load. To this end, an electrophotographic printer comprising a photoconductor drum (1) and a transfer drum (2) is provided in which each of the photoconductor and transfer drums is fitted on a drum body (12, 13) so as to be extractable therefrom towards a front side, the shaft at a back side of the drum body being supported in a cantilever fashion by a bearing unit (16) supported on a main frame (F 1 ) at the back side; the shaft at the front side of the drum body is supported by a movable bearing (17, 18) which comprises a shaft holding cylinder (24) axially extractable from the shaft and a housing (22, 23) supporting the shaft holding cylinder via a bearing (30); two such movable shafts are supported on a swingable frame (21) mounted so as to be swingable on a main frame (F 2 ) at the front side; and the housing (23) of the movable bearing for the transfer drum and the housing (31) of the bearing unit supporting the shaft at the back side of the drum body for the transfer drum are housings decentered from the transfer drum so that angularly displacing the housings makes the transfer drum movable towards and away from the photoconductor drum.
摘要:
A first guide member (22) includes a concave-shaped guide surface (60). A recording medium such as a sheet fed by register rollers (17A,17B) takes a curved position while being fed in a sheet feeding direction such that the leading edge of the sheet slides on the guide surface. A space is defined between the sheet and the guide surface due to the stiffness of the sheet. Thus, the sheet smoothly curves. When a speed of conveying the sheet by the register rollers is faster than a speed of conveying the sheet by a conveying belt, slack in the sheet is allowed in the space defined between the sheet and the guide surface. Therefore, the sheet can be stably conveyed without applying excessive load to the sheet or a sheet conveying device.
摘要:
A transfix member with a substrate, an optional conformable intermediate layer, and thereover an outer fluorosilicone layer, and a heating member associated with the substrate.