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Electrophotographic apparatus having image control means

US5250988A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 2, 1992
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00042
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an electrophotographic apparatus, densities of toner images of a light reference mark and a dark reference mark are detected by a density sensor, and input voltages such as an illumination power source voltage and an electrostatic charge voltage are varied by small values on the basis of a difference between detected densities and an aimed density, the small values are determined on the basis of a predetermined qualitative model. Subsequently, a line width of the toner image of a reference mark having a striped pattern is detected by a line width sensor and a developer bias voltage is varied by a small value in a similar manner as mentioned above.

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