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Image-forming apparatus

US4985823A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1989
Grant dateJan 15, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

An image-forming apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image using a two-component developer. Toner replenishment is effected in different modes when the toner concentration is in a lower toner concentration range than a desired toner concentration and when it is lower than that toner concentration range.

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