摘要:
A device for controlling the density of toner of different colors individually stored in a plurality of developing units which are arranged around a photoconductive element senses toner density at a predetermined period which differs from one of the developing units to another. Each of the developing units is associated with a different kind of toner density sensing device.
摘要:
Image forming equipment having an image carrier and a developer carrier located face-to-face and forming an AC-superposed DC electric field between them to develop a latent image electrostatically formed on the image carrier. Sensors responsive to image forming conditions are provided and protected from noise ascribable to an AC component included in the electric field in the event when the sensors operate.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus having a developing device of the type using a two-component type developer and developing an electrostatic latent image by a bias electric field having an alternating electric field. A predetermined reference latent image is electrostatically formed on an image carrier by a reference latent image forming device and then developed by the developing device to become a reference toner image. An irregularity detecting circuit determines the degree of difference between the density of the edge and the density of the central portion of the reference toner image. A bias electric field control circuit controls the bias electric field in matching relation to the output of the irregularity detecting circuit, thereby preventing the image quality from being degraded by a change in the resistance of the carrier.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including multiple imaging units and a fixing unit is provided. Each of the imaging units includes an image bearing member, a developing device containing a toner including a pressure-induced phase transition resin or a thermoplastic resin, a transfer device, and an image bearing member cleaner, and is adapted to form a toner image with the toner. The fixing unit includes a pressure fixing device adapted to fix the toner including the pressure-induced phase transition resin on the recording medium by applying a temperature Tb and a pressure Pb thereto in a pressure fixing nip, and a heat fixing device adapted to fix the toner including the thermoplastic resin on the recording medium by applying a temperature Ta and a pressure Pa thereto in a heat fixing nip. The image forming apparatus satisfies the following inequations: Tb Pa.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including multiple imaging units and a fixing unit is provided. Each of the imaging units includes an image bearing member, a developing device containing a toner including a pressure-induced phase transition resin or a thermoplastic resin, a transfer device, and an image bearing member cleaner, and is adapted to form a toner image with the toner. The fixing unit includes a pressure fixing device adapted to fix the toner including the pressure-induced phase transition resin on the recording medium by applying a temperature Tb and a pressure Pb thereto in a pressure fixing nip, and a heat fixing device adapted to fix the toner including the thermoplastic resin on the recording medium by applying a temperature Ta and a pressure Pa thereto in a heat fixing nip. The image forming apparatus satisfies the following inequations: Tb Pa.
摘要:
An image forming method including forming a toner image on a transfer medium with a toner comprising a wax having a polar group, and applying a varnish to the toner image. The wax may be a plant wax having an ester group, a wax having a polar group derived from a fatty acid, an oxidized wax, or a mixture thereof. The varnish may include a surfactant, such as a polyoxyethylene glycol, and may be photocurable.
摘要:
A light absorbing body is located to adjoin the back of an image carrier which is made of a light transmitting member. A latent image representative of an exclusive pattern for density detection is formed in a non-image region of the image carrier and developed by toner of any of multiple colors to become a toner image adapted for density detection. The toner image is illuminated so that image density is detected in terms of the intensity of light which is reflected by the toner image. The light absorbing body is made up of a plurality of absorbing members each having predetermined absorptivity. The absorbing members are selectively used in association with the spectral reflectivity characteristic of toner.
摘要:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus operable in a monochrome mode and color mode wherein toner images are sequentially formed on an image carrier by toner of a plurality of colors. The toner images of different colors are sequentially transferred to a single transfer member one above the other to complete a color image. In the color mode when toner of two or more colors are to be transferred to the transfer member one above the other, at least one of the color images on the image carrier is discharged before the transfer to the transfer member. In the monochrome mode the image is not discharged before transfer.
摘要:
The deposited toner quantity measuring method and image forming apparatus using the same according to the present invention estimates the development characteristics from a quantity of deposited toner obtained by the optional sensor and from a result of detection by the electric potential sensor, and corrects an image signal from the estimated development characteristics.
摘要:
A fixing device for an image forming apparatus and having a heating member facing a sheet transport path. The heating member has a number of heating portions which are separate in a direction perpendicular to an intended direction of sheet transport. The heating portions are selectively driven in matching relation to a toner image carried on a sheet.