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Image forming apparatus with delay during toner replenishment

US4777512A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateDec 9, 1986
Grant dateOct 11, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0893
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus using two component developer. When a toner content in the developer becomes out of a predetermined range as a result of the consumption of the toner, a control device effects a toner replenishing operation, and simultaneously, the image forming operation is substantially delayed.

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