摘要:
An image-forming apparatus includes: an optical sensor that includes a light source unit which applies light having a light-emission main wavelength λ to a peripheral face of an image-supporting member, and a light-receiving unit which receives a reflected light thereof, so as to optically detect a toner pattern formed on a peripheral face of the image-supporting member, wherein the image-supporting member has at least one thin-film layer formed on the peripheral face thereof, and the thickness of an outermost surface thin-film layer is set so as to allow a reflectance function R(d) that indicates the relationship between a reflectance R of the peripheral face of the image-supporting member to light having a light-emission main wavelength λ from the light source unit and a thickness d (nm) of the outermost surface thin-film layer of the image-supporting member to satisfy: R(d)≧0.75×{Rmax(d)−Rmin(d)}+Rmin(d).
摘要:
The developing apparatus, having stirring members for conveying and stirring developer-tank-contained developer and a developer holder, comprises a developer replenishing tank; a toner concentration detecting sensor; a trickle-type discharging mechanism; a developer amount estimating sensor; and a controller for controlling replenishment operation for replenishing the toner and the carrier for replenishment to the developer tank when the toner concentration is lower than a predetermined reference toner concentration, wherein the controller determines the amounts of the toner and the carrier to be replenished on the basis of the calculated toner concentration and the estimated amount of the developer.
摘要:
A developer is appropriately replenished at the desired toner concentration even with bare minimum stirring. A developer container (11) in which a developer containing toner and carrier is received, a developer replenishing container (23) in which a developer containing toner and carrier is received and which replenishes the developer container (11) with the developer, a replenishment path (25) which connects a upper portion of the developer container 11 with an lower portion of the developer replenishing container (23), stirring member (24) for stirring the developer in the developer replenishing container (23), toner concentration detecting member (27) for detecting the toner concentration of the developer in the replenishment path (25), and control unit (6) for stirring the developer in the developer replenishing container (23) by controlling driving of the stirring member (24) on the basis of the toner concentration detected by the toner concentration detecting member (27) are provided.
摘要:
There are provided a powder supply element adapted to supply powders containing at least toner; developing element adapted to develop an electrostatic latent image by agitating and conveying a developer containing the powders that are supplied by the powder supply element; a toner amount detecting element that is placed in the middle of a conveyance path to connect the powder supply element with the developing element and detects a toner amount per unit volume to be supplied to the developing element; and control element that controls a correction amount with respect to a reference supply amount due to the powder supply element on the basis of a toner amount per unit volume that is detected by the toner amount detecting element.
摘要:
The developing apparatus, having stirring members for conveying and stirring developer-tank-contained developer and a developer holder, comprises a developer replenishing tank; a toner concentration detecting sensor; a trickle-type discharging mechanism; a developer amount estimating sensor; and a controller for controlling replenishment operation for replenishing the toner and the carrier for replenishment to the developer tank when the toner concentration is lower than a predetermined reference toner concentration, wherein the controller determines the amounts of the toner and the carrier to be replenished on the basis of the calculated toner concentration and the estimated amount of the developer.
摘要:
The developing apparatus, having stirring members for conveying and stirring developer-tank-contained developer and a developer holder, comprises a developer replenishing tank; a magnetic-type toner concentration detecting sensor; a trickle-type discharging mechanism; conveying state switching device for temporarily blocking the flow of the developer-tank-contained developer and for temporarily switching the circulating state of the developer-tank-contained developer to the staying state thereof; and a controller for controlling replenishment operation for replenishing the toner and the carrier for replenishment to the developer tank when the toner concentration is lower than a predetermined reference toner concentration, wherein the controller determines the amounts of the toner and the carrier to be replenished on the basis of the calculated toner concentration and the estimated amount of the developer.
摘要:
There are provided a powder supply means 23 adapted to supply powders containing at least toner; developing means 11 adapted to develop an electrostatic latent image by agitating and conveying a developer containing the powders that are supplied by the powder supply means 23; a toner amount detecting means 31 that is placed in the middle of a conveyance path to connect the powder supply means 23 with the developing means 11 and detects a toner amount per unit volume to be supplied to the developing means 11; and control means 6 that controls a correction amount with respect to a reference supply amount due to the powder supply means 23 on the basis of a toner amount per unit volume that is detected by the toner amount detecting means 31.
摘要:
Image forming apparatus (100) creates a toner pattern on intermediate transfer belt (11) as a preprocessing of gradation correction, and calculates a cycle at which density unevenness is largest. Then, a toner image for gradation correction is formed so as to cancel cyclic unevenness at a cycle at which the largest density unevenness occurs. As a result of this, it becomes possible to suppress the deterioration of density detection accuracy and perform a highly accurate gradation correction even if density unevenness of any cycle occurs.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: sensor detecting light intensity and output voltage based on the light intensity; data acquisition part setting reference voltages for the sensor to detect light intensity of bare surface of intermediate transfer member, acquiring, at set reference voltage, voltage output by the sensor on the bare surface as detection data; storage storing the detection data corresponding to the reference voltages; judgment part judging whether to perform image density correction processing; voltage calibration part adjusting output level at light intensity detection; density acquisition part forming toner pattern, and acquiring density data of the toner pattern by causing the sensor having adjusted output level to detect its light intensity; density data correction part reading one piece of detection data referring to output level, and correcting the density data based on the detection data; and image density correction part performing the processing based on the density data.
摘要:
Provided are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of easily forming an output image having desired gradation characteristics and capable of reducing running cost. In an intermediate transfer-type image forming apparatus, an image forming section is configured by including a first image forming section which forms a color toner image on a photoconductor, and a second image forming section which is located on the upstream side of the first image forming section and forms a transparent toner image on the photoconductor. Further, after the transparent toner image is formed on an intermediate transfer member by the second image forming section, the first image forming section forms, on the basis of image data (correction gradation values) corrected by a gradation correcting section, a color toner image so that the color toner image is superimposed on the transparent toner image.