摘要:
A color-image forming apparatus includes: an electrostatic latent image holder; electrostatic latent image forming unit for forming a plurality of electrostatic latent images on the image holder; a scanning unit for scanning the electrostatic latent image holder periodically at predetermined timings; developing devices for developing each of the plurality of electrostatic latent images by toners of each of different colors respectively, and forming thus developed toner image on the image holder; a simultaneously transferring device for simultaneously transferring the plurality of toner images onto a transfer medium; fixing device for fixing the toner image on the transfer medium; and timing-setting unit for setting a timing at which said scanning means starts scanning at each of slow scanning pitches in the direction of fast scanning for each of the plurality of colors; wherein the timings which are allotted to each of the colors are different each other so that the starting position of the scanning of each color at each of slow scanning pitches in the direction of the fast scanning is successively shifted at a predetermined distance.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrier, a latent image processing unit that forms a latent image on the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit that develops the latent image using a toner, thereby forming a toner image, a primary transfer unit that conducts a primary transfer of the toner image to an intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer unit that conducts a secondary transfer of the toner image that has been transferred to the intermediate transfer member to a transfer target, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member is partitioned by multiple slits.
摘要:
A transfer device includes a transfer roller that has a characteristic in which an electrical resistance is changed in accordance with a rotation speed, contacts a transferred body that moves in synchronization with movement of an image holding body holding a toner image, and transfers the toner image held by the image holding body on the transferred body by applying a transfer voltage to the transferred body; and a regulator that regulates the rotation speed of the transfer roller independently from the movement of the image holding body and the transferred body.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus, having: a transfer device that adjusts a second charge amount so that a first charge amount of charges which flow toward a core from the region of a conductive layer which comes into contact with a power feeding member when a voltage is applied to the power feeding member from a power source becomes greater than the second charge amount of charges which flow toward the region which comes into contact with an intermediate transfer body from the core.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a cyan color image formation unit which uses a cyan color toner to form a cyan color image; a magenta color image formation unit which uses a magenta color toner to form a magenta color image; a yellow color image formation unit which uses a yellow color toner to form a yellow color image; a black color image formation unit which uses a black color toner to form a black color image; an invisible image formation unit which uses an invisible toner to form an invisible image; and a control apparatus which, when only the black color toner and the invisible toner are used for formation of an image, stops respective image formation operations of the cyan color image formation unit, the magenta color image formation unit and the yellow color image formation unit.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member that has a core and a high-resistance layer; a facing member that is arranged to face the transfer member so as to sandwich an object to be transferred in cooperation with the transfer member; a contact member that is arranged so as to be capable of contacting the transfer member; and a voltage application unit that applies a voltage between the contact member and the facing member, to pass a transfer current between the transfer member and the facing member, such that the core is electrically floated.
摘要:
There is provided a transfer device that is used for transferring a developer image hold on a surface of an image supporting body to a first face of a transfer member transported and includes a transfer member that includes a conductive surface layer that is rotatable around a first rotation axis and be elastically transformed, forms a second contact area, which differs from the first contact area in a transporting direction of the transfer member, by contacting with a second face of the transfer member, and is supplied with a transfer voltage used for transferring the developer image onto the first face of the transfer member, a transformation unit that elastically transforms the transfer member, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a shape of the second contact area by adjusting the degree of elastic transformation of the transfer member.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer member that transfers the toner image to an object to be transferred at a transfer position that faces the image carrier; an endless transfer belt that is wound around the transfer member, and rotates circumferentially as the transfer member rotates; a facing member that is arranged to face the transfer member so as to nip the transfer belt at the transfer position; a transfer voltage application member that applies a voltage at the transfer position such that a transfer current flows between the transfer member and the facing member; and a conductive member to which a voltage is applied between the conductive member and a target member at a position different from the transfer position such that a current in a direction opposite to the transfer current flows to the transfer belt.
摘要:
The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a cyan color image formation unit which uses a cyan color toner to form a cyan color image; a magenta color image formation unit which uses a magenta color toner to form a magenta color image; a yellow color image formation unit which uses a yellow color toner to form a yellow color image; a black color image formation unit which uses a black color toner to form a black color image; an invisible image formation unit which uses an invisible toner to form an invisible image; and a control apparatus which, when only the black color toner and the invisible toner are used for formation of an image, stops respective image formation operations of the cyan color image formation unit, the magenta color image formation unit and the yellow color image formation unit.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrier, a latent image processing unit that forms a latent image on the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit that develops the latent image using a toner, thereby forming a toner image, a primary transfer unit that conducts a primary transfer of the toner image to an intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer unit that conducts a secondary transfer of the toner image that has been transferred to the intermediate transfer member to a transfer target, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member is partitioned by multiple slits.