摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a latent image; a developing device, including a developer carrying member for carrying and feeding a developer including toner and a carrier to a developing position in which the developer opposes the image bearing member, for developing the latent image formed on the image bearing member; a discharging portion for permitting discharge of an excessive developer present in the developing device by supplying the developer into the developing device; a feeding member for feeding the developer in the developing device; a controller for controlling a forced discharging operation for discharging the excessive developer from the discharging portion by changing a driving condition of at least one of the developer carrying member and the feeding member; and a detecting device for detecting information correlating to flowability of the developer in the developing device. The controller is capable of controlling the forced discharging operation on the basis of a detection result of the detecting device.
摘要:
A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image with light chromatic toner and dark chromatic toner which have the same hue, the developing device includes a light color developing device for accommodating a developer containing the light chromatic toner and carrier to develop the electrostatic image; a dark color developing device for accommodating a developer containing the dark chromatic toner and carrier to develop the electrostatic image; light color developer supply container accommodating a developer containing the light chromatic toner and the carrier to be supplied to the light color developing device; and dark color developer supply container accommodating a developer containing the dark chromatic toner and the carrier to be supplied to the dark color developing device, wherein the developer in the light chromatic toner supply container and the developer in the dark chromatic toner supply container have carrier weight ratios which are different from each other.
摘要:
In a developing apparatus provided with a developer container containing a developer, a rotary member holding the developer container and rotatively moving it relative to a developing position, an opening portion provided in the developer container and through which the developer is supplied or discharged, a valve swingable to open and close the opening portion, and a restricting wall restricting the movement of the valve in an opening direction by contacting with the valve when the valve is in an opened position, an irregularity portion is provided on at least one of the contact surface of the valve with the restricting wall and the contact surface of the restricting wall with the valve.
摘要:
A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member includes a first developer bearing member for bearing magnetic developer to transport it to a first developing portion, a first magnetic field generator stationarily provided in the first developer bearing member, a second developer bearing member for bearing magnetic developer to transport it to a second developing portion, and a second magnetic field generator stationarily provided in the second developer bearing member. The first developer bearing member and the second developer bearing member supply the magnetic developer to the electrostatic image on the image bearing member in the mentioned order. In addition, a peak value of a normal line direction component of a magnetic force generated in the vicinity of the second developing portion is greater than a peak value of a normal line direction component of a magnetic force generated in the vicinity of the first developing portion.
摘要:
image which develops the image density control electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member by the developing apparatus, wherein, in case the detection result by an environment detection portion is changed by a predetermined value or the replenishment developer is renewed, the process advances to a mode of performing the image density control, while performing the replenishing operation by developer replenishing means not depending on the result detected by the image density detection portion but based on the detection result of the developer density detecting means.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member, a first detection unit configured to detect a height of the toner image formed according to a predetermined image forming condition by the image forming unit, a determination unit configured to determine an image forming condition of the image forming unit according to a detection result of the first detection unit, a second detection unit configured to detect a density of the toner image formed according to a predetermined image forming condition by the image forming unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the image forming condition of the image forming unit determined by the determination unit based on the density of the toner image detected by the second detection unit.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image with a developer comprising at least a toner and a first external additive, the developing apparatus including a plurality of developing devices, containing toners different in color or lightness from each other, in which at least two developing devices contain a dark color toner and a light color toner which have an identical hue and different lightnesses and the developing device containing the light color toner is subjected to a developing operation prior to another developing device; a first transfer apparatus for sequentially transferring toner images, which have been developed by the plurality of developing devices, onto an intermediary transfer member; and a second transfer apparatus for transferring the toner images from the intermediary transfer member all together onto a transfer medium The first external additive includes particles having an aspect ratio of not less than 1.0 and not more than 1.5 and a number-average particle size of not less than 0.06 μm and not more than 0.3 μm, and has a coverage thereof with respect to the light color toner larger than that with respect to the dark color toner in a transferred state on the intermediary transfer member.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus has an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a developing device for using a developer including toner and carrier, wherein the developing device develops an electrostatic image on a photosensitive member by putting the developer forming a magnetic brush on a developer bearing member including magnetic field generation device inside in contact with the photosensitive member, and when a contact pressure of the developer on the developer bearing member against the photosensitive member is P (Pa), a circumferential velocity of the developer bearing member is VSl (mm/s), a circumferential velocity of the photosensitive member is VDr (mm/s), and an elastic deformation ratio of the photosensitive member is W (%), a degree of sliding of the photosensitive member by the developer represented ranges from 650 to 60500.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus which can stably form an image of high quality by the use of a first developer carrying member and a second developer carrying member. On the first developer carrying member, development is performed by a method whereby a magnetic carrier contacts with an image bearing member, and on the second developer carrying member, development is performed by a method whereby the magnetic carrier does not contact with the image bearing member.
摘要:
A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image with light chromatic toner and dark chromatic toner which have the same hue, the developing device includes a light color developing device for accommodating a developer containing the light chromatic toner and carrier to develop the electrostatic image; a dark color developing device for accommodating a developer containing the dark chromatic toner and carrier to develop the electrostatic image; light color developer supply container accommodating a developer containing the light chromatic toner and the carrier to be supplied to the light color developing device; and dark color developer supply container accommodating a developer containing the dark chromatic toner and the carrier to be supplied to the dark color developing device, wherein the developer in the light chromatic toner supply container and the developer in the dark chromatic toner supply container have carrier weight ratios which are different from each other.