Image forming device, toner and copy
US6957024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/043
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming device 1 comprises an electrophotographic processing unit 48 equipped with a developer 44 including a developing agent containing black toner having infrared reflectiveness, and forms an image having infrared reflective property. The image forming device 1 further comprises a detector 51 for detecting whether the formed toner image has infrared reflective property or not and a control unit for controlling each unit based on the result of detection by the detector 51, so as to form a black image having infrared reflective property in a reliable manner.
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