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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106993 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a bias controller that controls a first application unit that applies a bias to a transfer member. The bias controller applies a reverse bias to the transfer member when a first region passes through a nip part. Then, when a second re... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082473 | TRANSFER BELT UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A STEERING ROLLER TO CORRECT MEANDERING In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the stee... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082472 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image carrier the surface of which is charged at a predetermined potential, an exposure device which forms a latent image by exposing the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit which develops ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070171 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying belt; a first photosensitive member; and a second photosensitive member; a first transfer member; a second transfer member; a first pushing member; a second pushing member; and a changing unit, wherein the first photosens... | 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 |
| 20120051765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME An image forming apparatus includes a contact transfer device, a bias applying device, a transfer current sensor, a leakage current adjustor, and a controller. The contact transfer device is configured to transfer a toner image onto a surface of a sheet conveyed in a pr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045231 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME A transfer device includes a controller that controls a transfer bias supply to cause a transfer bias to increase, between an image carrier and a first rotary body disposed opposite the image carrier, a potential of the first rotary body toward an opposite polarity to a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus stops the intermediate transfer belt so that a wrinkle is formed at a predetermined position of an intermediate transfer belt and, by detecting a reference mark during a preparation operation for forming an image when starting image formation,... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045233 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus performs control so that a wrinkle is formed at a predetermined position of an intermediate transfer belt and, when forming a toner image having such a large size that the toner image overlaps the wrinkle formed in the intermediate transfer be... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A mode in which a toner image formed on an intermediate transfer belt passes through a primary transfer portion without a toner image being transferred from a photosensitive drum onto the intermediate transfer belt is provided. In the mode, an area of the photosensitive... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045237 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a transfer bias generator including a transfer bias supply that supplies a transfer bias to a transfer nip formed between an image carrier and a first rotary body, and a controller that detects a toner adhesion amount at a predetermin... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120027443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor for bearing a toner image; a transfer body onto which the toner image borne by the photoreceptor is transferred; a drive section for driving the photoreceptor and transfer body respectively, and a control section for... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020687 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF Image forming apparatus includes: image forming sections for respective colors, image forming sections provided so as to face outer surface of intermediate transfer belt on outward path; transfer roller provided on returning path, transfer roller which is moved to conta... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120014705 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus that prevents transfer defects such as the occurrence of white spots. includes a photoreceptor drum, a transfer roller, a transfer bias application circuit that applies a transfer bias to the transfer roller a static elimination needle that el... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008970 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD An image forming apparatus comprising: a first image bearing member; a second image bearing member on which a toner having at least a particle diameter or a circularity different from that of the toner supplied to the first image bearing member is supplied, coming into ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318028 | Image Forming Apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a first photosensitive drum for a monochrome printing mode; second and third photosensitive drums for a color printing mode; a moving unit moving a medium from the first photosensitive drum via the second photosensitive drum to the t... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318033 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming device for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, a recording material, a transfer device for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to the recording material, ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318035 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311252 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RESISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RESISTANCE MEASURING METHOD An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image carrier; a transfer device which transfers a toner image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium; a resistance measuring device which causes a current to flow through the recording medi... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305472 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes plural image forming sections provided along an intermediate transfer member, and a controller configured to sequentially transfer, with primary transfer members of the image forming sections, images of re... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a first paper feeding unit; a second paper feeding unit; a fixing unit configured to fix a developer image transferred onto a sheet; a conveying path configured to convey sheets; a receiving unit configur... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293306 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a rotatable intermediary transfer member onto which the toner image is to be primary-transferred from the image bearing member; a contact member movable toward and away from the inter... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293301 | Image Forming Apparatus An image forming apparatus for printing an image on a medium, comprising: a first image carrier; a second image carrier disposed downstream of the first image carrier in a traveling direction of the medium; a first charging member configured to charge the first image ca... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293307 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer section, which is pressed against, and is separated from, the image bearing member, for transferring a toner image on the image bearing member onto a recording medium whe... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280598 | Device for Determining and Adjusting Transfer Voltage in an Imaging Apparatus and a Method Thereof A device and method for determining and applying a transfer voltage in an imaging apparatus is provided. A servo voltage is determined based in part upon a change in an environmental condition. A determination is made whether or not to perform a new transfer servo opera... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member; a transferring device for transferring the toner image formed on the image bearing member onto a transfer ma... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a charging device that charges an electric charge to an image carrier, a developing device supplying the image carrier with a developer, and a transfer device that transfers a toner image formed on the image... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110262162 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION ADJUSTING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes a recording medium supply device to supply a recording medium, an image forming part to form an image on the recording medium supplied by the recording medium supply device, a recording medium determination part that is disposed downs... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262163 | IMAGE TRANSFER POSITION ADJUSTMENT According to one embodiment, a conveying mechanism including a visualizing agent image carrying mechanism configured to move visualizing agent image, which moves to sheet, to a moving position to sheet, a conveying mechanism configured to move sheet to the moving positi... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262164 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SUPPLY FOR TRANSFER An image forming device comprising a rotatable image carrier, a transfer member which is a rotatable transfer member for transferring a toner image on the image carrier onto a recording paper sheet and forms a pressing nip by being pressed against the image carrier, a p... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255892 | Image forming apparatus capable of minimizing reverse toner transfer In an image forming apparatus, a determiner determines a target amount of transfer current based on first and second algorithms each representing a relation between an image area rate of a latent image bearer in the vicinity of an exit of a transfer nip and a target amo... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD A first image forming unit includes a first developing unit that develops a latent image, and a second image forming unit includes a second developing unit that develops a latent image. A transfer unit transfers an image formed by at least one of the first and second im... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPER FLUID IN AN ELECTROPHORETIC PRINTING APPARATUS In a method or apparatus to optimize transfer of a developer fluid having toner embedded in a carrier fluid in an electrophoretic printing apparatus, charge images of print images are generated on an intermediate image carrier. The print images are inked into toner imag... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110243588 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT ENABLES REDUCING TIME REQUIRED FOR ADJUSTMENT OPERATION An image forming apparatus that can reduce the time required for adjustment operations when a first adjustment operation that requires speed change and a second adjustment operation that does not require speed change overlap. When a first adjustment operation that can b... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236044 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof to improve quality of an image in consideration of a change in posture of a print media. The image forming apparatus can include a transferred unit on which a visible image is formed, a transferring unit to form a ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229176 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus has an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer member that is opposed to the image carrier, a transfer voltage being applied to the transfer member so that the toner image is transferred from the image carrier to a print medium pa... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229168 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image carrier to a transfer target having ridges and valleys on a surface thereof; an a... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229177 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An endless belt circularly moves to convey a recording medium placed thereon in a conveying direction. A plurality of photosensitive bodies is juxtaposed in the conveying direction with confronting the endless belt. A plurality of process units supplies developer to the... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a cleaning blade provided on an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image formed on at least one image forming section is primary transferred and on a secondary transfer section which transfers the toner image transferred o... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member bearing a toner image; a driving roller and a tension roller movable in such a direction that the interval between the rollers changes; a transfer belt stretched by the rollers to feed a receiving material so ... | 09/01/2011 |
