Patent · US Expired

Printing apparatus

US5946523A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateMar 12, 1998
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00063
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A toner developing quantity detection unit operates a plurality of electrostatic recording units to transfer Y, M, C and K color component toner marks onto a belt. A toner developing quantity correction unit detects toner developing quantities per unit area of color toners on the basis of detection signals of the color component toner marks on the belt optically detected by a sensor. The toner developing quantity correction unit corrects the toner developing quantities so as to allow the toner consuming quantities of the plurality of electrostatic recording units to be substantially the same level, on the basis of the thus detected toner developing quantities.

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