Abstract:
A liquid electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a liquid carrier depositing unit that is arranged at a forward direction of the secondary transfer roller at a paper feed path and deposits liquid carrier on a print side of a sheet of paper that is secondarily transferred.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided that forms an image with liquid developer, and a method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoconductors on which developer images having carrier rates different from each other are formed with corresponding liquid developers. An image transfer member is disposed to form transfer nips with the respective photoconductors in such a manner that the developer images of the respective photoconductors are overlappingly transferred onto the image transfer member according to a transfer order predetermined on the basis of the carrier rates thereof. The developer images from the respective photoconductors are moved to an image receiving medium. Since the developer images formed on the plurality of photoconductors are overlappingly transferred onto the image transfer member according to the predetermined transfer order, the developer images previously transferred at the prior transfer nips are substantially prevented from generating a squeezed carrier beyond a predetermined limit at the posterior transfer nips. The squeezed carrier is substantially prevented from accumulating beyond the predetermined limit at the inlet side of the posterior transfer nips when the developer images are transferred from the respective photoconductors to the image transfer member.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for performing a printing job using an intermediate transfer belt is provided. The image forming apparatus has a voltage determination part for determining a predetermined level of a refresh voltage corresponding to a potential difference which is generated on opposite surfaces of the intermediate transfer belt, and a power supply for supplying the refresh voltage to the intermediate transfer belt so that the potential difference is offset. The power supply supplies the refresh voltage to the intermediate transfer belt through a certain roller which is in contact with the intermediate transfer belt. Accordingly, the potential difference caused by the polarization in the intermediate transfer belt is offset by the refresh voltage, and the variation of the resistance caused by the potential difference is prevented.
Abstract:
A liquid developer imaging system and a method using the system for developing an image, including a cartridge for containing a developing solution; a developing container for receiving the developing solution supplied from the cartridge via a predetermined supply line; a developing roller partly submerged in the developing solution contained in the developing container, installed to be rotated facing a photosensitive object; and a metering blade for scraping off the developing solution coated on the surface of the developing roller to a predetermined thickness, is provided. According to the system, a developing supply structure can be considerably simplified because a high-density developing solution is directly used in developing an image without a process of diluting the solution, and an image can be developed to have high definition because the concentration of the developing solution coated on the developing roller is regularly controlled by a metering blade.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus having an image forming part to apply developer to a recording medium to form an image, the image forming apparatus including a developer transporting pipe through which developer is transported to the image forming part, a first storing part to store a first amount of the developer and to supply the developer to an upstream part of the developer transporting pipe, at least a second storing part to store at least a second amount of the developer and to supply the developer to a downstream part of the developer transporting pipe, and a transporting device, disposed along the developer transporting pipe, to transport the developer supplied by the first storing part and the second storing part to the image forming part with the upstream part of the developer transporting pipe having a different transport flow rate than the downstream part of the developer transporting pipe.
Abstract:
A liquid electrophotographic image-forming apparatus is provided including an anti-wraparound device having a bushing formed on both ends of a rotary shaft of a transfer backup roller to slide thereon, a shielding member installed on the bushing and contacting the transfer belt and the cleaning blade to prevent developer removed by the cleaning blade from flowing to the sides of the transfer belt, and an elastic member installed on both sides of the transfer backup roller for elastically biasing the bushing toward the transfer belt. Therefore, a wraparound phenomenon generated on the sides of the cleaning blade and transfer belt can be prevented, thus obtaining a higher image quality.
Abstract:
A liquid electrophotographic color image forming apparatus includes a main charger for charging a surface of a photoreceptor web to a predetermined charging electric potential, an optical scanning unit for scanning light onto the photoreceptor web to form an electrostatic latent image, and developing rollers for yellow, cyan, magenta and black colors, sequentially installed in a direction that the photoreceptor web circulates, for developing the electrostatic latent image using developer for each color. Further included are auxiliary chargers for cyan, magenta and black colors, installed downstream of each of the developing rollers, for additionally charging the photoreceptor web, the electric potential of which is lowered after development for each of yellow, cyan and magenta colors. In the above apparatus, when development gaps between each of the developing rollers and the photoreceptor web are respectively defined as GY, GC, GM and GK sequentially in a direction that the photoreceptor web proceeds, to restrict an increase of the intensity of an electric field at each development gap according to the additional charging, each of the developing rollers are installed to satisfy the condition that GY≦GC≦GM≦GK.
Abstract:
An electrophotographic printer including: a photosensitive belt moving along a circular path and supported by a plurality of rollers; a main corona device for increasing an electrical charge potential on a surface of the photosensitive belt to a predetermined level for development; first, second, third and fourth laser scanning units for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive belt by color; first, second, third and fourth developing units for individually developing the electrostatic latent image using first, second, third and fourth developing solutions of different colors; a drying roller pressing the photosensitive belt for removing carrier from the developing solutions developed on the photosensitive belt, the drying roller being frictionally charged positively through contact with the photosensitive belt; an eraser for removing an electrostatic charge remaining on the photosensitive belt after development to uniformly electrify the surface of the photosensitive belt with exposing charge potential; and a potential-increasing electrifying unit for increasing the electrical charge potential on the surface of the photosensitive belt, which was lowered during previous developing, to a level for performing further developing using a different development solution.
Abstract:
A liquid developing device includes an ink cartridge, a developing container connected to the ink cartridge in which ink is circulated between the developing container and the ink cartridge, a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing roller facing the photosensitive body, being rotatable to supply the ink to the electrostatic latent image, and a depositing member being installed to maintain a depositing gap between the depositing member and the developing roller and to attach the ink to the developing roller by a potential difference, wherein the developing container includes a first developing container having an outlet opened in a lengthwise direction and an inlet connected to the ink cartridge at a position lower than the outlet, and a second developing container in which ink overflowing from the first developing container via the outlet is stored and which has a drawing hole connected to the ink cartridge, and the ink supplied from the ink cartridge to the first developing container via the inlet overflows and is supplied to the depositing gap via the outlet, some of the ink is attached to the developing roller, and the remaining ink is stored in the second developing container and is drawn into the ink cartridge.
Abstract:
An image transfer member, an image transfer device and an image forming system employing the image transfer member and device are disclosed. The image transfer member comprises a base layer, and a surface layer formed from a semi-conductive material above the base layer to receive the developer image transferred from the photoconductor. The surface layer forms a contact inscribed angle θ in the range of 10° to 50° between the surface thereof and the developer image. The image transfer member has a voltage-current characteristic exhibiting a current density (CD) in the range of 0.6 μA/cm2≦CD≦1.5 μA/cm2 at 1 KV voltage, and a voltage decay characteristic exhibiting a voltage decay time (DT) in the range of 0.4 sec≦DT≦3 sec for the voltage decay from 500 V to 100 V. The present invention avoids a transfer defect such as transfer void produced by breakdown caused when a high bias voltage is applied to a developer image having a high electric charge and to significantly improve the transfer efficiency.
Abstract translation:公开了一种图像传送部件,图像传送装置和使用图像传送部件和装置的图像形成系统。 图像转印构件包括基底层和由基底层上方的半导电材料形成的表面层,以接收从感光体转印的显影剂图像。 表面层在其表面和显影剂图像之间形成10°至50°范围内的接触内切角θ。 图像转印部件具有表现出电流密度(CD)在0.6μA/ cm 2≤= CD <=1.5μA/ cm 2的范围内的电压 - 电流特性。 电压衰减时间(DT)在电压衰减时间(DT)的范围内,在500V至100V的范围内,电压衰减特性为0.4sec <= DT <= 3sec。本发明避免了转移缺陷, 作为通过高电压施加到具有高电荷的显影剂图像时引起的击穿而产生的转移空穴并且显着提高转印效率。