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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately measure a linear speed of an intermediate transfer belt or the like, in such a manner that it is made to be hard to receive the influence of an environmental change or a secular change. SOLUTION: A sensor is configured to detect the passage of a mark 41 on the intermediate transfer belt 4, at a plurality of prescribed detection positions 61-1 to 61-10 on the intermediate transfer belt. A linear speed deriving section is configured to specify the time at which the sensor 8 detects the passage of the mark 41, and derive the linear speed of the intermediate transfer belt 4 from the passage time T1 to T10 of the mark 41 at the plurality of detection positions 61-1 to 61-10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color image forming apparatus that stably outputs a special color without generating gradation whitening and gradation black crush by density-correcting prescribed special color in the same control as a single color. SOLUTION: When the special color is set by a user, a single color patch whose gradation is nearest out of gradation patterns M, C, Y, K is substituted for special color decomposition patches ms, cs, ys and ks of magenta, cyan, yellow and black obtained to decompose the special color. The gradation patterns after substitution formed on a recording medium are read with an image reading part to prepare γ tables. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image density correction pattern capable of reducing an influence of an noise from an image carrier on the mean value of the signal intensity in detecting the image density correction pattern constituted of a plurality of density patches formed on an image carrier by a sensor, and then, obtaining the mean value of the detected signal intensity. SOLUTION: The image density correction pattern 80 constituted of the plurality of density patches 81a to 81j is formed on the image carrier by an image forming unit. Regarding the low-density patch formed on the image carrier while largely exposing the image carrier, and where the signal intensity detected by the sensor becomes uneven and the signal intensity is easily influenced by the noise from the image carrier, the length of the lower-density patch is made longer in the carrying direction of the image carrier, then, the influence of the image carrier is reduced in obtaining the mean value of the signal intensity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform color deviation correction and also density correction control in a state where the number of sensors is reduced while considering the variance of the sensitivity characteristic of a photoreceptor drum in an image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: Respective color toner images are successively transferred from the photoreceptor drums 11a to 14a respectively to an image forming area on an intermediate transfer belt 15 to form a color toner image. A pair of toner concentration detecting sensors is arranged at both ends of the image forming area crossing the conveying direction of the intermediate transfer belt, and the color deviation correction is performed according to output from the toner concentration sensors. Sensitivity distribution in the shaft direction of the corresponding photoreceptor drum is stored in storage parts 11c to 14c as sensitivity characteristic distribution. In controlling image density, one of the toner concentration sensors is set as a sensor for controlling image density and a toner patch of every color is successively formed by the photoreceptor drum on the intermediate transfer belt corresponding to the arranging position of the sensor for controlling the image density, and developing bias corresponding to reference toner concentration preset is obtained from the result of density detection that toner patch density is detected by the sensor for controlling the image density to correct the developing bias according to the sensitivity characteristic distribution. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove the effect of the irregular texture of an intermediate transfer body when a long-durable image-forming apparatus using the intermediate transfer body forms a toner image for image density correction onto the intermediate transfer body and corrects the image density based upon data obtained by detecting the toner image with a sensor. SOLUTION: The apparatus measures time t1 needed for a rotating-time measurement pattern to be detected by the sensor after an optical scanning unit starts exposure for forming the rotating-time measurement pattern, composed of a toner image, onto the intermediate transfer body, and time t2 needed for the rotating-time measurement pattern to be detected again after the detection. The timing of measuring the texture of the intermediate transfer body and the timing of forming the toner image for the image density correction are adjusted based upon the times t1 and t2 and preset time T. Thus, the detected position of the toner image for the image density correction and the detected position of the base are made to coincide with each other. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus carrying out an accurate density compensation in image formation by reducing the difference between density of an image for density compensation and density of an actual image in image formation. SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus, when the peripheral length of a developer carrier is L and the ratio of circumferential speed of the developer carrier to the circumferential speed of a latent image carrier is N, the density compensation image is formed with its length in the proceeding direction to be not lower than L/N. The density compensation image is detected a plurality of times by a density detection means at staggered times while being moved the distance L/N against the density detection means by carrying of a transfer belt. The image density in image formation is compensated by the image compensation means based on the average value of the density acquired by the plurality of times of detection. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately measure a toner sticking amount on a toner image carrying means (for instance, transfer belt) in an image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: Light from a light emitting element 12 is made single polarized light by a polarizing filter 15. A polarized light splitting prism 16 splits reflected light to 1st polarized light same as projected light and 2nd polarized light different therefrom, and light receiving elements 13 and 14 receive the 1st polarized light and the 2nd polarized light respectively and output 1st and 2nd light receiving output signals. The toner sticking amount on the toner image carrying means is obtained in accordance with a difference between the 1st and the 2nd light receiving output signals. In such a case, the output levels of the elements 13 and 14 are adjusted to make the levels of the 1st and the 2nd light receiving output signals obtained when the specified amount of toner stickes to the transfer belt equal, a difference between the 1st and the 2nd light receiving output signals obtained in a state where the toner does not stick to the transfer belt is set as a reference value, and a difference between the 1st and the 2nd light receiving output signals in the case of forming a toner image on the transfer belt is corrected in accordance with the reference value so as to obtain a correction output value, whereby the toner sticking amount on the transfer belt is obtained in accordance with the correction output value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a toner concentration sensor having an aperture with a diameter allowing excellent accuracy in detecting a toner concentration, and an image forming device, as well as a method of designing the toner concentration sensor.SOLUTION: A diaphragm 52 is placed between a light source 51 and a beam splitter 53. An aperture is formed in the diaphragm 52. The aperture has a diameter D specified based on an incident angle corresponding to desired transmittance considering transmittance characteristics of the beam splitter 53 regarding the incident angle.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To uniform all line intervals in a toner image in the case of using a multibeam system exposure device, in an image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: A print engine 11 controls an exposure device 2, forms a toner patch image from one (the fourth beam, for example) of N pieces (N=4, for example) of beams onto an intermediate transfer belt, forms the next toner patch image from the other one (the first beam, for example) of the N pieces of beams, and controls rotation speed of photoreceptor drums 1a-1d so that line intervals in a sub scanning direction in the toner image become uniform, based on the difference of passage time of two patch images at a prescribed detection position and liner speed of the intermediate transfer belt 4.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately perform monochrome and color density correction, in particular, to further reduce the undesired monochrome density correction, then, to suppress toner deterioration, and also, to suppress a reduction in printing speed due to an interruption caused by the density correction. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a storage device 12 that stores print ratio data 32 measured with time; and a print engine 11 that individually perform the monochrome density correction and the color density correction on the basis of a prescribed first condition (e.g., condition concerning the integrated value of the number of printed sheets or the printing periods). If the first condition in the monochrome printing is met, the print engine 11 does not perform the monochrome density correction if a predetermined second condition concerning an amount of variation in the print ratio identified from the print ratio data is also met, on the other hand, if the second condition is not met, perform the monochrome density correction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT