摘要:
A light diffusion sheet for an organic electroluminescent element to be used in an organic electroluminescent panel. The light diffusion sheet includes: a glass fiber cloth composed of at least one glass fiber; silica on a surface of the glass fiber or between the glass fibers; and at least one selected from a group consisting of metal alkoxides and reaction products of metal alkoxides.
摘要:
A developing device is equipped with a developing roller rotationally driven for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of an image supporting body with toner, a screw rotationally driven of which a ratio of number of rotations to number of rotations of the developing roller being rotationally driven is constant, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect toner density in developer by using a sensor installed facing the screw, during rotationally drive of the screw, and detect information indicating a rotational position of the developing roller, based on ripples which occur in the toner density detected.
摘要:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries and conveys a toner image; a charging member arranged in contact with or close to the image carrier; a charging power supply that charges the image carrier; an exposurer that forms a latent image on the charged image carrier; a developing member arranged close to the image carrier; a developing power supply that develops the latent image and forms a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer member that transfers the toner image to a medium; and a hardware processor that controls the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor obtains a potential of an exposure part and a non-exposure part, on the image carrier after the toner image has been transferred to the medium, determines a charging bias based on a difference between the obtained potentials, and determines a developing bias based on the determined charging bias.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has: an image supporting member, a charger, a power source unit, an amperometric detector, and a processor. The power source unit applies a plurality of charging voltages, which includes alternating voltages respectively, to the charger sequentially while no print medium is fed. The alternating voltages have different peak-to-peak voltages for a forward discharge range and different peak-to-peak voltages for a reverse discharge range, respectively. The amperometric detector detects values of alternating current flowing in the charger during application of the charging voltages. The processor derives characteristic lines of alternating current value with respect to alternating voltage for the forward discharge range and for the reverse discharge range, respectively, from the values detected by the amperometric detector. The processor derives a peak-to-peak voltage to be used in a process in a different way depending on a difference in slope between the characteristic lines.
摘要:
A developing apparatus that develops an electrostatic latent image on an image supporting body using developer including toner and carrier includes a circulation path where the developer circulates, a discharge path connected to the circulation path through which some of the developer passes, and a first recycle path connected to the discharge path and allowing some of the developer flowing into the discharge path to return to the circulation path. The discharge path includes a discharge opening for discharging the developer flowing into the discharge path, and a first return opening for connecting to the first recycle path. The first return opening is located on an upper side in a vertical direction with respect to the discharge opening and located on an upstream side in a pass-through direction of the developer flowing into the discharge path.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has: an image supporting member; a charger in proximity to the image supporting member; a power source unit configured to apply charging voltages to the charger sequentially, the charging voltages including alternating voltages having different peak-to-peak voltages, respectively; an amperometric detector configured to detect values of alternating currents flowing in the charger during application of the charging voltages; and a processor configured to carry out a first charging voltage determination process or a second charging voltage determination process requiring a shorter time than the first charging voltage determination process selectively based on a detection result of the amperometric detector. The processor carries out the first charging voltage determination process or the second charging voltage determination process selectively in accordance with a difference between an ambient temperature at a previous time of carrying out the first charging voltage determination process and a current ambient temperature.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a medium includes: an image carrying member; a charging unit disposed in proximity to the image carrying member; a power supply unit configured to sequentially apply a plurality of charging voltages to the charging unit when the medium is not fed through; a current detecting unit configured to detect an AC value flowing through the charging unit; a processing unit configured to perform first charging voltage determination control to derive a peak-to-peak voltage value to be used in a process; and a storage unit configured to pre-store a reference peak-to-peak voltage value for each wastage level of the image carrying member, wherein the processing unit: prohibits execution of the first charging voltage determination control and performs second charging voltage determination control; and obtains a reference peak-to-peak voltage value and derives a peak-to-peak voltage value to be used in the process.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries a toner image including toner; a driver that rotates the image carrier; a toner remover that comes in contact with the image carrier and removes toner remaining on the image carrier while the image carrier is rotated in a forward direction by the driver; and a hardware processor that evaluates a degree of deterioration of the image carrier or the toner remover, determines a number of times of execution of removal operation in which the image carrier is rotated in a reverse direction and then rotated in the forward direction, on the basis of the degree of deterioration, and controls the driver to cause the removal operation to be executed the number of times of execution.
摘要:
A damage amount determination device, which is used for an image forming device that forms an image on paper, includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information related to whiteness of the paper used for printing and a damage amount determination unit that determines an amount of damage, which is caused by the paper to a predetermined component of the image forming device when the paper passes through the predetermined component, based on the information related to the whiteness.