Patent classifications
G03G15/00
IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A discharge unit discharges the sheet has an image. A switching unit switches between stacking the sheet discharged from the discharge unit on a stacking unit or conveying the sheet the discharge unit toward an image reading apparatus. A conveyance unit conveys the sheet conveyed via the switching unit to a reading unit. A cooling unit cools the sheet discharged from the discharge unit or cools the reading unit.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image, an intermediate transfer member for a measuring image, a measurement unit that measures the measuring image, a conversion unit that converts a measurement result of the measuring image on a basis of a conversion condition, a determination unit that determines an image forming condition on a basis of the converted measurement result, and an update unit that updates the conversion condition while forming and measuring first measuring images, converting the measurement results of the first measuring images, determining a measuring image forming condition on a basis of the converted measurement results, forming second measuring images on a basis of the measuring image forming condition, obtaining measuring results of the second measuring images output from another measuring unit, and updating the conversion condition on a basis of the measurement results of the second measuring images.
PHOTOCONDUCTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
A photoconductor including a conductive support, an undercoat layer, a charge-generating layer, and a charge-transporting layer, at least the undercoat layer, the charge-generating layer, and the charge-transporting layer being disposed on the conductive support in an order mentioned, wherein the undercoat layer includes a binder resin and metal oxide particles, and the charge-generating layer includes a binder resin, a titanyl phthalocyanine pigment, and a salicylic acid derivative.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTING METHOD
An image forming apparatus includes: a density unevenness measurement mode processing portion that, in a density unevenness measurement process, detects density of a density unevenness measurement toner image, which has been formed in a rotational direction of the photoreceptor drum, multiple times in the rotational direction and captures in a memory portion all detected density information associating thereof with rotation phases of the photoreceptor drum; and an image quality adjustment processing portion that, in an image quality adjustment mode, detects density of an image quality adjustment toner image, which has been formed at any position in the rotational direction of the photoreceptor drum, in the rotational direction and corrects detected density information based on density information associated with a rotation phase matching a rotation phase where density of the image quality adjustment toner image has been detected among said all density information having been captured in the memory portion by the density unevenness measurement processing portion.
IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROGRAM
Provided is an image formation system including an image formation device and a post-processing device configured to convey a paper sheet on which an image has been formed at the image formation device or carry out post-processing thereon, including: a paper ejection tray on which the discharged paper sheet is placed; a jam detector configured to detect a jam of the paper sheet conveyed in a paper conveyance passage; a partition paper sheet inserter configured to insert a partition paper sheet on the paper ejection tray; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the partition paper sheet inserter such that, after the jam is detected and paper sheets to be removed, at least including a responsible paper sheet, are removed, the partition paper sheet is inserted on the paper ejection tray before the paper sheet remaining in the paper conveyance passage is discharged to the paper ejection tray.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes a printer portion; an image reading portion rotatable relative to the printer portion; a discharge portion configured to stack the recording material discharged from an inside of the printer portion, the discharge portion being supported rotatably relative to the printer portion; and a regulating member provided between the discharge portion and the image reading portion and configured to regulate movement of the recording material stacked on the discharge portion. When the image forming apparatus is seen in a rotational axis direction of the image reading portion, at least a part of the regulating member in a state in which the image reading portion and the discharge portion are open away from the printer portion is hidden inside a contour of a casing of the image reading portion.
IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE
An image formation device includes: a registration roller pair configured to shift sheet in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction of a sheet feeding direction while holding the sheet; a feeding section provided upstream of the registration roller pair in the first direction and including a feeding belt configured to convey the sheet to the registration roller pair; a first air adjustment section configured to perform air suction or blowing for the sheet conveyed by the feeding belt; and a control section configured to switch between a first operation of controlling, when the sheet is conveyed by the feeding belt, the first air adjustment section to suck the sheet with air and a second operation of controlling, when the sheet is swung by the registration roller pair, the first air adjustment section to blow air on the sheet.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus forms a first image by adjusting a photosensitive member potential to a first charging potential and adjusting a developing potential to a first developing potential, and forms a second image by adjusting the member potential to a second charging potential, adjusting the developing potential to a second developing potential, but not causing an exposure unit to expose a photosensitive member, and forms a third image by adjusting the developing potential to a third developing potential, but not causing a charging unit to charge the member, and not causing the exposure unit to expose the member, and detects a streak image based on read data of the first, second and third images, and read data corresponding to a non-image region of the test sheet.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a lubricant applicator that applies a lubricant to the image carrier; a hardware processor; and a density unevenness measurer that is provided in the image forming apparatus or outside the image forming apparatus, and measures a first density unevenness for at least one of the density unevenness measurement image formed by the image former in the application unevenness detection mode or a density unevenness measurement image obtained by primary or subsequent transfer of the density unevenness measurement image, wherein the hardware processor detects the application unevenness of the lubricant applied by the lubricant applicator based on the first density unevenness measured by the density unevenness measurer.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device, an exposure device, a development device, a transferring part, a development bias applying part, an electric current detection part, a density detection part and a bias condition determination part. The bias condition determination part performs a DC voltage determination mode (a DC calibration) determining a reference DC voltage serving as a reference of a DC voltage of a development bias applied to a development roller and a peak-to-peak voltage determination mode (an AC calibration) determining a reference peak-to-peak voltage serving as a reference of a peak-to-peak voltage of an AC voltage of the development bias. When a difference between the reference DC voltages determined the successive DC voltage determination modes exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the bias condition determination part performs the peak-to-peak determination mode.