Image forming apparatus which forms feeder image for feeding toner to cleaner
US10732561B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/0089
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaner, and a controller. The image carrier holds an image on a surface thereof. The cleaner cleans the surface of the image carrier. The controller forms, at timing at which a developer is fed to the cleaner, a feeder image that feeds the developer to the cleaner. The feeder image includes toner whose amount is smaller on a downstream side than on an upstream side in a travel direction of the image carrier.
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