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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082471 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image with one of a color unerasable developer and a color erasable developer, and a control part to automatically select the color erasable developer when test printing is... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070169 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS A developing apparatus including a developing container for containing developer, the developing container having an opening portion, a developer carrying member for carrying the developer at the opening portion, a detecting member for detecting a developer amount, the ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070165 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a image; a developing container for accommodating a developer comprising toner and carrier; a rotatable developer carrying member, provided in an opening of the developing container, for developing ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051773 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a developer image forming portion for forming a developer image; a primary transfer member for transferring the developer image to an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer member for transferring the developer image to a ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device for accommodating a transport toner and a carrier; a transferring device for transferring a transparent toner image from the image bearing member onto a surface of a recording material; a h... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045235 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a latent image on a surface thereof, a developing unit to develop the latent image on the image bearing member with toner, a driving unit to drive the developing device, a storage unit to store a cumula... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120033985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus is provided that reduces the occurrence of downtime in the case in which the interval between sheets needs to be expanded, and also suppresses the degradation of a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, when continuously forming images. ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120008969 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CHARGE AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a developer containing part, a developer mixer, a mixer drive motor, a magnetic sleeve, a sleeve drive motor, a mixer rotation speed determination part and a motor drive controller. The developer containing part contains a two-compone... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002993 | REDUCING BACKGROUND DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER Background development in a multi-color electrophotographic printer is reduced. A print job including a plurality of separations is received. Each separation has an image area and a non-image area. A printer is provided, including a development member for supplying tone... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002985 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a drum; a photoconductive member; a charging device; a developing device; a toner supplying section; a transfer member; a sensor to measure the density of a toner band adhering on the transfer member; a p... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318024 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a developing device, a second toner cartridge replaced for a first toner cartridge storing a first toner having a first characteristic, stores a second toner having a second characteristic, and supplies... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110305471 | Image Forming Device An image forming device has: an image forming body on which an image is formed in a state in which the image forming body is charged; a charging device having plural discharge portions, and charging the image forming body by discharging of plural discharge portions; and... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293305 | Development method, method of manufacturing photomask, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and development device A development method according to an embodiment includes exposing a photosensitive film formed on a substrate at a predetermined exposure amount, carrying out a first development process that develops the exposed photosensitive film at a predetermined first development ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280606 | DYNAMIC DONOR LOADING CONTROL FOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM A method and apparatus transfer a material from first roller within a container to at least one second roller, and transfer the material from the second roller to at least one third roller. The second roller and the third roller form a loading nip at a location where th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110268463 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes: an image holder on which a toner image is formed; a developing device which is filled with a toner including a lubricant, and forms the toner image by making the toner adhere to the image holder; a torque calculation section which ca... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110236045 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image of color toner and transparent toner on a recording material; a heating device for heating the toner image formed on the recording material; an execution portion for executing a mode ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229173 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that includes a developing unit with a developing roller to form an image using toner; a controller; and a detection unit that detects a plurality of toner patches formed at different densities on an image carri... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus, which has a plurality of image forming units, comprises a plurality of cartridges adapted to supply developer; a plurality of supply members adapted to supply developer to the image forming units from a plurality of the cartridges; a drive un... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222884 | DEPOSITED TONER MEASURING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Provided is a deposited-toner measuring apparatus capable of accurate detection of the amount of toner deposited on the toner carrying member, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the aforementioned measuring apparatus and capable of controlling the amount of to... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222878 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE A developing device includes: a plurality of developer retaining bodies that retain developer and rotate, and that respectively convey the developer, which is supplied to each of the developer retaining bodies from a developer supply section, to an image bearing body th... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; a development device; a speed varying unit that can vary a speed of a developer bearing member; a sensing portion that senses an environmental temperature around the development device; and a controller that ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USED IN THE APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming units each with an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and each with a developing member for developing process on the electrostatic latent image, wherein the image forming app... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus having an image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a development device having a housing section that stores toner therein, a stirring device for stirring the to... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110206395 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF This invention provides an image forming apparatus, which attains a uniform gloss level of an overall image by preventing regions having different gloss levels from being generated on the image to be formed upon execution of image formation using a transparent toner, an... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206400 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS The present disclosure provides toners having a tunable gloss level, electrophotographic apparatuses for using such toners as well as processes for making such toners.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206396 | XEROGRAPHIC DEVELOPER There is provided an apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on an imaging surface, including: a housing defining a reservoir storing a supply of developer material comprising toner; a donor member positioned in the housing, spaced from the imaging surface, for... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110194866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM The image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a non-margin image by forming, on an image bearing member, a toner image including an edge portion area (Ae) and an internal area (Ai), transferring the toner image formed on the image bearing memb... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110182604 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DENSITY CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM An image forming apparatus includes: a developing unit forming a toner image on a photoreceptor drum; a photo sensor detecting the image density of the toner image; an operation unit calculating a relational equation between the measurement detected by the photo sensor ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110177263 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A recording medium includes a first image that is read with infrared light and that is formed of plural dots having infrared absorptivity, part of the plural dots being invisible first dots, the remaining dots being visible second dots; and a visible second image that i... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170888 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE There is provided a developer container, which is divided into a first containing part and a second containing part that are communicated with each other at communication parts on the opposite end sides, which has a discharge port at the second containing part, and in w... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110158669 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS The present invention prevents a toner bottle from being erroneously determined to be empty and allows toner to be reliably refilled into a hopper and thus a developing unit in an image forming apparatus including the developing unit configured to develop an electrostat... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110150512 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus to which a cleaning unit is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing unit for developing the latent image into a toner image... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110142465 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a developing chamber, an agitating chamber, a first conveying screw which is arranged in the developing chamber and conveys developer toward the agitating chamber, a second conveying screw which is arranged in the agitating chamber an... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM When a toner image including an edge area (Ae) corresponding to an area defined between edges of a transfer material (P), and an internal area (Ai) corresponding to an area inside the edge area (Ae) is formed on an image bearing member (11), the toner image in th... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110135331 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Provided is an image forming apparatus that can achieve a stable image quality from a leading-end side to a trailing-end side of an image when printing a high-density image on a transfer medium, regardless of the length of the transfer medium or the condition of the ima... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129246 | HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CONTROLLING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF A high voltage power controlling apparatus of an image forming apparatus including a DC (direct current) power controller to convert and output a first PWM (pulse width modulation) signal provided from an engine controller into a switching waveform signal, a first volta... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110091228 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING STRUCTURE A developing device includes: a developing device main body that a developer chamber containing a developer is formed; a pressure application area forming unit that is provided in the developer chamber so as to form a pressure application area where pressure is applied ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110058831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An apparatus includes: an image carrier; a charger to uniformly charge a surface of the image carrier; an exposing unit to perform write scanning on the image carrier; a developing unit that includes a developer carrier carrying a developer including a toner and that is... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110052233 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS In a development apparatus including conveying screws which circulates and conveys developer in a developer container as being rotated, a developing sleeve which bears and conveys developer in the developer container as being rotated, and a restriction blade which restr... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110026959 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND AGITATION CONTROLLING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a developing device configured to store, on the inside, a developer containing a toner and a carrier and discharge a part of the stored developer; a supply unit configured to supply the developer to the d... | 02/03/2011 |
