摘要:
An image heating apparatus for allowing a surface of a heated toner image borne on a recording material to be glossed without generating a batter in the heated toner image is provided. In an image heating apparatus (9) including heating means (11 and 12) for heating an unfixed toner image (ta) borne on a recording material (P) and pressure means (21 and 22) for pressurizing an unfixed toner image (tb) heated by the heating means to gloss a surface of the unfixed toner image, the pressure means includes: pressure force changing means (54L and 54R) for changing a pressure force when the pressure means pressurizes the unfixed toner image; temperature detecting means (51 and 52) for detecting a temperature of the pressure means; and pressurization control means (53). The pressurization control means controls the pressure changing means according to temperature information of the temperature detecting means to change the pressure force of the pressure means before the pressure means pressurizes the unfixed toner image.
摘要:
An optical filter which can remove dust stuck to the incidence surface of incidence of light and reduce the mounting space. A filter body is adapted to have predetermined transmittivity as well as a piezoelectric characteristic. At least two electrodes are formed on the filter body. A drive voltage is applied between the at least two electrodes to vibrate the filter body.
摘要:
A developing device for an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, or the like to develop an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier includes a toner carrier which moves while carrying a toner on its surface, and a regulating member for regulating the amount of toner on the toner carrier by applying a moving force to the toner in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the toner carrier. In a regulating portion defined by the regulating member, a convey force received by a toner portion, which does not contact the surface of the toner carrier, from the regulating member is larger than a convey force received from the toner carrier.
摘要:
A developing device including a developing agent container for storing a developing agent composed of toner particles and magnetic carrier particles, a toner carrier for carrying and conveying the toner particles to supply the toner particles to an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic image, and a developing agent regulating rotary member, disposed adjacent the toner carrier with a gap therebetween, for forming a brush of the magnetic carrier particles by a magnetic force between itself and the toner carrier. The regulating rotary member allows only the toner to pass therethrough without substantially allowing passage of the carrier.
摘要:
An electrophotographic apparatus includes a decreasing device for decreasing the potential difference between the potential of the toner-adhering portion of the photosensitive body and the potential of the toner-nonadhering portion of the photosensitive body after the development by a developing device and before the transfer by a transferring device. The potential of the toner-nonadhering portion is maintained higher than the potential of the toner-adhering portion regardless of a decrease of the potential difference.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes temperature sensors that measure temperatures at different locations in the longitudinal direction of a photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus also includes an image processing circuit configured to change an exposure condition in the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum based on measured values obtained by the temperature sensors. A related image forming method includes calculating a temperature at a third location between the first and second location based on the measured temperatures at the first location and the second location, and controlling an exposure condition for exposure at the third location in accordance with image information, including changing the exposure condition for the exposure at the third location based on the calculated temperature at the third location.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoconductive body for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon; an exposure device for exposing the electrophotographic photoconductive body to form an electrostatic latent image; a storage device for storing information related to potential characteristics at a plurality of areas divided on a surface of the electrophotographic photoconductive body in advance; an information obtaining device for obtaining the information related to potential characteristics, wherein light quantities exposed by the exposure device are determined according to the information related to potential characteristics stored by the storage device and the information related to potential characteristics obtained by the information obtaining device.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes temperature sensors that measure temperatures at different locations in the longitudinal direction of a photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus also includes an image processing circuit configured to change an exposure condition in the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum based on measured values obtained by the temperature sensors.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus is provided in which on-surface potential unevenness of an image carrier can be suppressed, and with which an output image having excellent on-surface uniformity of color or the like can be obtained. The image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive image carrier; charger which charges the image carrier; image exposing unit which exposes an image on a surface of the image carrier after the charging to form a latent electrostatic image; developing unit which develops the latent electrostatic image by adhering toner to the latent electrostatic image to form a toner image; and transfer charger which transfers the obtained toner image to a final supporting member such as plain paper.
摘要:
The present invention further improves gradation characteristics from a highlight region to a high-density region. First, the correction processing receives image data, and an image attribute discrimination discriminates whether the data are related to a character/thin line or others on the basis of attribute information on a pixel of interest. If it is discriminated that the data are related to a character/thin line, a pattern matching to data stored in a line buffer is performed to obtain a pixel distance, and in accordance with the pixel distance, a correction amount is determined on the basis of an LUT set in a correction amount determination. Subsequently, on the basis of the determined correction amount, corrected image data are generated and output to the following step.