摘要:
A toner comprising a binder resin and a coloring agent, with an aggregation degree of 5 to 60%, and an absolute value of Q/M measured by the suction method of 2 to 30 .mu.C/g for use in (1) an image formation method in which electric charges are selectively held on the surface of a development roller to form a number of closed micro fields near the surface of the development roller, a non-magnetic one-component type developer comprising toner, with addition of an auxiliary agent thereto when necessary, is supplied onto the development roller, the developer is held on the surface of the development roller by the micro fields, and latent electrostatic images are developed to visible toner images, and (2) an image formation method in which the surface of a developer-bearing member having a chargeable and photoconductive surface is charged, the charged surface is selectively exposed to light for form a number of micro fields near the developer-bearing member, a non-magnetic one-component type developer comprising toner, to which auxiliary agents may be added when necessary, is supplied onto the development roller, the developer is held on the surface of the development roller by the micro fields, and latent electrostatic images are developed to visible images by the developer.
摘要:
There is provided a method of creating a color chart for color evaluation used in color evaluation, including: an obtaining step of obtaining standard color chart data corresponding to a standard color chart including a plurality of patches; a display step of displaying an evaluation target image on a display screen; a setting step of setting an area in the evaluation target image, which is used to create a color chart for color evaluation; a computing step of computing color element data which represent color features of an image within the set area based on image data of the set area; and a creating step of creating the color chart for color evaluation by extracting patch data corresponding to the computed color element data from the standard color chart data.
摘要:
An image forming method including forming an image of a toner on a receiving material; and fixing the toner image on the receiving upon application of heat and pressure thereto, wherein the weight average particle diameter (D4) of the toner is from 2.0 to 4.5 μm, the pressure (P) is not greater than 15 N/cm2, P×D4 is not less than 30 N/cm2·μm, the melt viscosity (Gw110) of the toner at 110° C. is from 3,000 to 40,000 Pa·s, the melt viscosity (Gw140) of the toner at 140° C. is from 100 to 1,000 Pa·s, and the ratio Gw110/Gw140 is not less than 30.
摘要:
A video signal display system includes: a reproducing apparatus including a decoder that decodes input video data to produce a video signal, an IP converter that, when the video signal produced by the decoder is an interlaced video signal, converts the interlaced video signal into a progressive video signal, a pseudo-interlacing unit that performs pseudo-interlacing in which the progressive video signal converted by the IP converter undergoes pseudo-interlacing so that the progressive video signal is converted into a pseudo-interlaced signal, and a first controller; and a display apparatus including a display processor that carries out a display process for displaying a video signal, and a display that can at least display the video signal that has undergone the display process in the display processor.
摘要:
To provide a toner that can provide long-term removability and high-definition images with reduced image layer thickness and densely-packed toner particles, a developer capable of forming high-quality images using the toner, a toner container for containing the toner, a process cartridge using the toner, an image forming apparatus using the toner, and an image forming method using the toner. The toner of the present invention is a toner having a substantially spherical shape with irregularities on its surface and containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface factor SF-1 that represents the sphericity of toner particles is 105 to 180, a surface factor SF-2 that represents the degree of surface irregularities of the toner particles is correlated with the volume-average diameter of the toner particles, and the toner particles have an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer within 1 μm from their surfaces.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus having an image support body configured to support a latent image, a charging member configured to provide a substantially uniform charge to a surface of the image support body and a spacer coupled to the charging member and configured to contact the image support body to maintain a gap between the image support body and the charging member. A cleaning part is configured to clean the surface of the image support body after developer is applied to the image support body and transferred to a recording medium. The cleaning part is configured to satisfy the relationship A+B≦C, where A is a width of the effective charging area of the charging member that charges a surface of the image support body, B is a total width of the spacer that contacts the image support body, and C is a width of cleaning part that contacts the image support body.
摘要翻译:一种图像形成装置,其具有构造成支撑潜像的图像支撑体,充电构件,被配置为向图像支撑体的表面提供基本上均匀的电荷;以及间隔件,其耦合到充电构件并且被配置为接触图像支撑体 以保持图像支撑体和充电构件之间的间隙。 清洁部件构造成在将显影剂施加到图像支撑体上并转印到记录介质之后,将图像支撑体的表面清洁。 清洁部被配置为满足关系A + B <= C,其中A是对图像载体的表面充电的充电部件的有效充电区域的宽度,B是接触的间隔物的总宽度 图像支撑体,C是与图像支撑体接触的清洁部的宽度。
摘要:
A cleaning device, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus including an antifriction agent coating part and a toner removing part. The antifriction agent coating part coats a solid antifriction agent on the surface of an image support body, and is disposed in an upstream side from a cleaning blade with respect to a rotational direction of the image support body. The toner removing part removes toner particles, and is disposed in an upstream side from the antifriction agent coating part with respect to the rotational direction of the image support body and a portion of the toner removing part is positioned below a portion of the antifriction agent coating part in a vertical direction perpendicular to the ground.
摘要:
There is provided a cleaning device for an image-forming device configured so as to be capable of preventing the image quality from deteriorating by being able to prevent the deterioration of the charging state caused by deposits of foreign matter without increasing costs. There is also provided a cleaning member that can make contact with the cleaning target-members. The cleaning member has a portion composed of melamine resin foam for making contact with at least the cleaning target members, and the melamine resin foam has an Asker F hardness of 5 to 25 points and a hardness variation of 5 points or less, and is used on the cleaning target members in a state obtained by heat compression from the original shape. The pressing member is furthermore disposed in contact with the cleaning member.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member, a charger, a latent image forming device, a developing device, a surface moving member, a transfer device, a cleaner having a cleaning blade and an irradiating device configured to discharge the latent image bearing member. This developing device is configured to develop images with a toner having a circularity not less than 0.94. The irradiating device is disposed on the upstream from the cleaner relative to the rotation direction of the latent image bearing member.
摘要:
An imaging apparatus that is capable of realizing good cleaning characteristics and transfer characteristics, and obtaining a high quality image using toner having a high average roundness is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an image carrier, a charge unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, and a cleaning unit. The transfer unit may directly transfer a toner image onto a recording medium that is carried by a transfer belt, or transfer the toner image onto the transfer belt first to then transfer the toner image onto the recording medium from the transfer belt. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade and a brush roller. The toner used in the imaging apparatus has an average roundness Ψ within a range of 0.93˜0.99, and a friction coefficient μs of the image carrier satisfies a condition, friction coefficient μs≦3.6−3.3×average roundness Ψ.