摘要:
In an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the toner images of the plural colors on the intermediate transfer member are electrostatically transferred to a transfer material, and the image forming charges the toner image of a color, among the toner images of the plural colors formed on the intermediate transfer member, different from the last color in such a manner that the charge amount per unit weight of the toner image of the different color becomes 0.5 to 1.5 times of the charge amount per unit weight of the toner image of the last color, after the formation of the toner image of the last color on the intermediate transfer member and prior to the transfer of the toner images of the plural colors on the intermediate transfer member to the transfer material.
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member, disposed opposed to an image bearing member, for carrying a developer; a developing bias voltage applying source for applying a developing bias voltage having an oscillating component to the developer carrying member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member; wherein 10.0.ltoreq.T11/(T11+T12).times.100.ltoreq.90.0, where T11 is a time period of a first step in which an electric field is formed in a direction for directing the developer from the developer carrying member toward the image bearing member in one cycle of the oscillating component of the developing bias voltage applied by the developing bias application source, and T12 is a time period of a third step between the first step and a second step in which an electric field is formed in a direction for directing the developer from the image bearing member to the developer carrying member, and T11/(T11+T12) is an inclination of the developing bias voltage.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member for bearing a different color toner image; a movable intermediate transfer member; voltage applicator for applying a voltage to the intermediary transfer member to effect electrostatic, sequential and superimposing transfer of the different color toner images from the image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member at a transfer position A first toner image on the intermediary transfer member passes through the transfer position in the period which is after a first toner image is transferred from the image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member by the voltage applicator and which is before a second toner image which is immediately subsequent to the first toner image is transferred from the image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member; and a control for switching a voltage applied to the intermediary transfer member from a first voltage for transferring the first toner image from the image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member to a second voltage having an absolute value larger than that of the first voltage, before a leading edge of the first toner image on the intermediary transfer member reaches the transfer position during the period.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member, an image forming device for forming a toner image on the intermediate transfer member, a charging device for charging residual toner remaining on the intermediate transfer member after the toner image formed by the image forming device and located on the intermediate transfer member is electrostatically transferred onto a transfer material. The residual toner charged by the charging device and remaining on the intermediate transfer member is electrostatically transferred onto the image forming device. After the toner image is transferred from the intermediate transfer member to a first side of the transfer material, a toner image can be transferred from the intermediate transfer member to a second side of the transfer material opposite to the first side, and a control device for controlling voltage to be impressed to the charging device in dependence upon whether the toner image was transferred from the intermediate transfer member to the first side of the transfer material or the toner image was transferred from the intermediate transfer member to the second side of the transfer material.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a movable intermediary transfer belt extended around a plurality of supporting shafts, the intermediary transfer belt includes a core member and elastic layers sandwiching the core member, wherein a toner image on the image bearing member is transferred onto the intermediary transfer belt, and the toner image on the intermediary transfer belt is transferred onto a transfer material; wherein a distance r (mm) between a center of such one of the supporting shafts as has a minimum diameter and a center of the core member, a distance L.sub.1 (mm) between the center of the core member and a surface of the intermediary transfer belt where toner image transfer occurs, a distance L.sub.2 (mm) between a surface Of the core member and the surface of the intermediary transfer belt where the toner image transfer occurs, and a size t (mm) of the core member measured in a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of the intermediary transfer belt, satisfy:L.sub.1 .ltoreq.0.1r, and0.5t.ltoreq.L.sub.2.A method for manufacturing the intermediary transfer belt is also a part of applicants improvement in the art to which the invention pertains.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a recording material carrying member for carrying a recording material; an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material carried on the recording material carrying member; an attraction member for electrostatically attracting the recording material on the recording material carrying member; and voltage applying source for applying an oscillating voltage to the attraction member.
摘要:
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having, an image bearing member; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member; a transfer sheet bearing device for bearing and conveying a transfer sheet, to which a first voltage is applied for transferring the image formed on the image bearing member onto the transfer sheet born by the transfer sheet bearing device; and a discharging device for causing the discharge in the transfer sheet when the transfer sheet is separated from the transfer sheet bearing device, to which a second voltage having the same polarity as that of the first voltage and having a value equal to 80%-120% of the first voltage is applied.
摘要:
A sheet interval, serving as the distance between conveyed recording materials, is properly controlled based on a kind of a recording material and any one of a printing ratio, an adhesion amount of toner, and the presence or absence of graphic data, thus allowing printing at throughput suitable for, for example, the kind of the recording material and the printing ratio without changing an image forming condition such that image quality does not vary.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying toner images of different colors; a rotatable intermediary transfer member to which the toner images are superimposedly transferred from said image bearing member onto said intermediary transfer member at a first transfer position, wherein the toner images are then transferred all together from said intermediary transfer member onto the transfer material at a second transfer position; wherein said intermediary transfer member includes an elastic layer having a thickness of 0.5-2 (mm), a coating layer, on said elastic layer, having a volume resistivity which is larger than that of said elastic layer, and said intermediary transfer member satisfies:T.ltoreq..tau..ltoreq.500 (sec)where .tau. (sec) is time required for a potential V of said intermediary transfer member at one second after a surface of said intermediary transfer member charged to a predetermined potential rotates at a rotational speed of 10 (cm/s) to become V/e (e: base of natural logarithm, e=2.71828 . . . ); and T (sec) is a rotation period of said intermediary transfer member when the toner images on said image bearing member are sequentially and superimposedly transferred onto said intermediary transfer member at the first transfer position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes image bearing member or members for bearing an image; charging member for sequentially charging a surface of the image bearing member or members to form an image thereon; a voltage source for applying an oscillating voltage to the charging member, the oscillating voltage including a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from the first frequency during charging by the charging member.