Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a solid lubricant; a lubricant application member that scrapes off the solid lubricant and applies the scraped solid lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a colorimeter that performs colorimetry of a colorimetric surface of the solid lubricant; and a hardware processor that sets a lubricant application condition such that a predetermined amount of lubricant is applied on the basis of a colorimetric result obtained by the colorimeter.
Abstract:
A developing device includes: a plurality of development sections arranged in an axis direction of a developer bearing member; a communication section disposed at a boundary of adjacent two development sections of the development sections, and configured to communicate between the two development sections; and a control section configured to perform an operation of moving the developer between the two development sections through the communication section to equalize degradation states of the developer in the two development sections.
Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrying body that carries a developer and is rotationally driven; a developer stirring member that is rotationally driven and thereby stirs the developer and conveys the developer to the developer carrying body; and a developer recovery member that is rotationally driven and thereby returns and recovers the developer stripped from the developer carrying body after development of the electrostatic latent image, to the developer stirring member, wherein a driving speed of the developer stirring member and a driving speed of the developer recovery member are independently controllable from each other.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus uses a first developer conveyance amount and a first correction amount calculated respectively in a first state, a second developer conveyance amount and a second correction amount calculated respectively in a second state in which the developer conveyance amount is smaller than the developer conveyance amount of the first state, and a third developer conveyance amount detected in a third state in which the developer conveyance amount is smaller than the developer conveyance amount of the first state and is larger than the developer conveyance amount of the second state to calculate a third correction amount for correcting density unevenness of the toner image in the third state, and perform control to correct the density unevenness of the toner image based on the calculated third correction amount.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; an exposure device which draws an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developer which uses a developing roller facing the image carrier to supply a developing agent to the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier and to develop a toner image; a developing current detector which detects a developing current flowing between the image carrier and the developing roller during developing by the developer; and a controller which controls the above. The controller performs forced toner discharge control in which a predetermined toner image is developed on the image carrier by the developer and the toner is forcibly discharged from the developer. The controller controls a toner discharge amount in the forced toner discharge control based on a current value detected by the developing current detector.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section; a density detection section configured to detect the density of toner image formed on an image bearing member in a sub scanning direction; and a density-unevenness correction section configured to calculate a first correction amount based on the detection result of the density detection section and calculate a second correction amount different from the first correction amount in phase.
Abstract:
With reference to a correction value revision parameter table, a periodic non-uniformity correction value corresponding to changed rotational speed is obtained from the correction value revision parameter table, and set as a new periodic non-uniformity correction value corresponding to the rotational speed of a rotary component, and thereby a gradation which is an image formation parameter of image data is corrected.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image carrying member capable of carrying an image, a paper conveying unit, a toner layer forming unit, and a transfer unit. The paper conveying unit conveys a paper to the image carrying member. The toner layer forming unit forms a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of the paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of the paper on a surface of the image carrying member. The transfer unit conveys the paper in press-contact with the image carrying member with the formed image and toner layer and transfers the image to the paper.
Abstract:
There is provided a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor with a developer to form an image, including: a developing container that contains the developer; and a developing roller that faces the photoreceptor, is arranged adjacent to the developing container, and conveys the developer contained in the developing container to the photoreceptor, wherein the developing roller includes a magnetic pole forming part to be formed with a plurality of magnetic poles along a circumferential direction of the developing roller, at least a catch pole is formed as one of the plurality of magnetic poles, and in the catch pole, an amount of a total magnetic charge in an axial direction of the developing roller is kept constant, and a part of magnetic flux density distribution is different from another part of magnetic flux density distribution along the axial direction of the developing roller.
Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrier that carries a developer; a developer casing that contains the developer to be supplied to the developer carrier; an opening/closing part capable of controlling a moving amount of the developer between a first region on one side in an axial direction of the developer carrier and a second region on the other side in the axial direction of the developer carrier by opening or closing the first region and the second region; and a hardware processor that controls an open/closed state of the opening/closing part in accordance with the state of the developer in the first region and the second region.