摘要:
A process of producing a cleaning blade including a silicon rubber base and a resin layer which acts as a lubricant on the surface of the rubber is produced by molding a rubber material having resin powder dispersed therein at a temperature less than the softening or melting point of the resin, cutting an end of the rubber, and vulcanizing the molded rubber at a temperature higher than the softening or melting point of the resin. The resin layer is selected from polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethylene, or polyester.
摘要:
An image fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image on a recording material includes a pair of rotatable members for forming a nip through which the recording material is passed; and bias voltage applying source for applying a bias voltage to at least one of the rotatable members, wherein the bias voltage is automatically changed in accordance with change of an ambient condition.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an area modulation means for forming a halftone image signal by area modulation according to input image data, and a recording unit for performing recording using a particle-type recording material according to the halftone image signal, wherein the length of a short side of a minimum modulation area of the area modulation means formed by the recording unit is set to 0.7-4 times an average particle size of the particle-type recording material.
摘要:
An image processing process forms a plural microdots for each pixel, and the number of microdots increases only in one direction for representing a higher density, thereby achieving an improved linearity in the density levels without sacrificing the resolving power.
摘要:
In an image forming apparatus adapted to form images by employing a plurality of image bearing members, when a monocolor mode is selected, no toner image is formed on photosensitive drums of the colors other than the photosensitive drum on which a black toner image is formed. However, the photosensitive drums of the remaining colors continue to run while maintaining a speed difference in a four-full-color mode in relation to an intermediary transfer belt. As a result, some photosensitive drums reach their service life even if the toners contained in developing devices have not yet run out or even if images have not yet been formed on a predetermined number of transfer materials. To solve the problem, the peripheral speed of each of the photosensitive drums in the black monocolor mode for producing monochrome images is set to be faster than that in the full-color mode so as to make the peripheral speed virtually equal to the moving speed of the intermediary transfer belt.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has a developer container for containing a developer, a developer amount detecting device for detecting the amount of the developer contained in the developer container, a consumed amount calculating device for calculating the consumed amount of the developer, and a remaining amount calculating device for calculating the remaining amount of the developer from an output of the detecting device and an output of the consumed amount calculating device.
摘要:
An elastic blade is provided with a rubber layer and a surface resin layer provided on the rubber layer, the surface resin layer satisfying the following condition: 3.ltoreq.E.times.t.ltoreq.30, where E: elastic modulus of the surface resin layer (Kg/cm.sup.2); t: thickness of the surface resin layer (cm).
摘要翻译:弹性叶片设有橡胶层和设置在橡胶层上的表面树脂层,表面树脂层满足以下条件:3 Ext = 30,其中E:表面树脂层的弹性模量( Kg / cm2); t:表面树脂层的厚度(cm)。
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 device suitable for use in a laser beam printer includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a photoconductor, and a reproduction unit for reproducing a high density image and a halftone image on the photoconductor. A detector then detects the density of the high density image and the halftone image formed on the photoconductor. A controller controls an image forming condition of the image forming unit based on a detection result by the detector.
摘要:
A multivalued input recording signal is subjected to pulse-width modulation at a time unit shorter than the period of a clock signal within the period of the recording signal. Alternatively, the multivalued input recording signal is converted into a plurality of different signals each of whose length of time is shorter than a clock signal within the period of the recording signal, thereby performing pulse-width modulation in accordance with a predetermined weighting. This makes it possible to obtain a highly toned recording signal without raising the frequency of the clock signal. Further, density tone data is generated in dependence upon inputted multivalued pixel data, and control is performed using both the irradiation time and emission intensity of a light beam based on the generated density tone data. An image is formed by irradiating a photosensitive body with the controlled light beam.