摘要:
While having an image forming section which transfers a toner image according to image data onto a recording sheet, a first fixing section which fixes the toner image on the recording sheet with heat of the first fixing roller which rotates on the recording sheet, a clear layer forming section which forms a clear layer on the toner image which the first fixing section has fixed, a second fixing section which fixes the clear layer on the recording sheet with heat of the second fixing roller which rotates on the recording sheet and a control section which controls each part, the control section controls the clear layer forming section to increase the thickness of the clear layer in the recording sheet area corresponding to the fixed area during the second revolution of the first fixing roller on the recording sheet, compared with the first revolution thereof.
摘要:
In order to shorten a time for preliminary original reading which is performed prior to reading of an original image, an image reading apparatus of the present invention scans an original mounted on a platen glass by a scan optical system that moves to the original and reads a scanned image of the original by using a CCD sensor, the apparatus having a function to perform a preliminary original read operation for automatically deciding a density of the original before the reading operation of the original image, wherein the preliminary original reading is performed while the scan optical system in an idling state is moving from a read standby position to an image read operation start position; a white background level correction operation of the CDD sensor is performed after collection of original density data by the preliminary original read operation; and a result of the correction is reflected on the original density data obtained by the preliminary original reading to control the decision of the original density.
摘要:
There is described an image-forming apparatus, which make it possible to prevent the occurrence of the image unevenness without complicating the configuration of the image-forming apparatus and without increasing the cost of the image-forming apparatus. The image-forming apparatus includes an image-bearing member; an image writing device, having a LED array head in which a plurality of LED elements are arranged in a line, to form a electrostatic latent image on the image-bearing member; a calculating section to calculate compensation values utilized for correcting light intensities of the LED elements included in the LED array head, based on distance information between the image-bearing member and the LED array head; a correction controlling section to correct the light intensities of the LED elements included in the LED array head, based on the compensation values; and a storage device to store the distance information between the image-bearing member and the LED array head.
摘要:
This invention provides an image forming apparatus that can suppress variations in writing densities of LED heads and form stable images. An image forming apparatus has an image retainer 1 for retaining a toner image, an image writing unit 3 equipped with a plurality of LED heads 31 to form a static latent image the image retainer 1, a developing unit 4 for developing the static latent image formed by the image writing unit 3 with a developing agent, a patch formation controller 23 for forming patches for each LED head on the image retainer 1, a density detector 25 for detecting the density of each patch formed by the patch formation controller 23, and a correction controller 26 for correcting the light amount of each LED head by the density detected by the density detector 25.
摘要:
A speed controlling circuit for controlling an optical scanning system driving motor in use with an image forming apparatus such as a copier and a printer. The speed controlling circuit includes; an encoder for generating pulse signals according to a rotation of the optical scanning system driving motor; a generating circuit for generating reference clock signals; a first memory for storing a first set of numbers for dividing a frequency of the pulse signals; a second memory for storing a second set of numbers corresponding to a target rotation speed of the optical scanning system driving motor; a first setting circuit and a second setting circuit for respectively reading one of the first set of numbers from the first memory and one of the second set of numbers from the second memory, and for setting those numbers at every predetermined interval time while the optical scanning system driving motor is accelerating or decelerating; a frequency-dividing circuit for dividing the frequency of the pulse signals according to the set number of the first set of numbers; a detecting circuit for detecting a rotating speed of the optical scanning system driving motor according to the reference signals and pulse signals at every frequency period which is divided by the frequency-dividing circuit; a comparator circuit for comparing the rotating speed, detected by the detecting circuit, with the set number of the second set of numbers at every frequency period which is divided by the frequency-dividing circuit; and a control circuit for controlling the rotating speed of the optical scanning system driving motor according to a result of the comparing of the comparator circuit.
摘要:
An electric circuit provided with an abnormal condition detector for a motor, for use in a toner image forming apparatus, includes a current detection circuit for detecting a presence of a current when a power supply circuit is switched OFF; a test circuit for confirming a line connection between a control circuit and a switch by transmitting a test signal between the control circuit and the switch and a control circuit for determining an abnormal section causing an abnormal condition of a motor.
摘要:
An image formation control section sets a secondary transfer section in the pressed state in the case of execution of a main scanning correction processing as color registration correction, and sets the secondary transfer section in the separated state in the case of execution of a sub-scanning correction processing, an entire lateral magnification correction processing, a partial lateral magnification correction processing, or a skew correction processing, which is the correction of the image position for components other than the main scanning direction as color registration correction so as to prevent the situation where the correction accuracy of the image position with respect to the main scanning direction decreases and to prevent a decrease in print quality due to a residual image of a registration correction processing.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a transfer sheet based on image data, comprises an operating section to determine a setup about a margin region on which an image is not formed at an edge portion of the transfer sheet, a control section to determine an inner region having a specified width and being adjacent to the determined margin region as a density change region in which an image density is changed, and determines a more inner region located inward more from the density change region as a regular density region in which an image is formed with a regular image density, and an image forming section to form an image in the density change region based on image data on the condition where the image density is reduced and to form an image in the regular density region based on image data without changing the image density.
摘要:
A belt drive apparatus, including, an endless belt to be laid across in a tensioned condition between supporting rollers and to travel being in pressure contact with or being separated from a body to receive the pressure contact, a pressure contact/separating state detection section to detect whether the endless belt is in the pressure contact with the body or separated therefrom, a belt position detection section to detect a position of the endless belt in a width direction thereof, a belt abnormality judging section to judge whether the endless belt is in an abnormal position based on a detection result obtained by the belt position detection section and one of judgment values which are set correspondingly to the pressure contact/separating state of the endless belt, and a belt drive control section to control a drive of the endless belt.
摘要:
There is described an image forming apparatus, in which the influence of the overall controlling section startup time is reduced, thereby cutting down the time from turning on of power to enabling of image formation. The image forming apparatus includes: a main power switch to turn ON/OFF an AC power source to be supplied into the image forming apparatus; a DC power current generating section to convert AC power current, fed from the AC power source, to DC power current; an overall-controlling section to control overall operations of the image forming apparatus; an engine-controlling section to conduct a predetermined controlling operation among from controlling operations to be conducted in the image forming apparatus; a first power-controlling section, included in the overall-controlling section and/or controlled by the overall-controlling section; and a second power-controlling section, having a starting time shorter than that of the first power-controlling section.