Image forming apparatus and image forming method with improved protective agent properties
US8295723B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0258
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming method and apparatus in which a protective agent is supplied to an image carrier, and the image carrier is charged by a plurality of charging units. Degrees of discharge deterioration of the surface of the image carrier in the plurality of charging units are different, and the amount of protective agent supplied to a charging portion of a charging unit, in which a degree of discharge deterioration of the surface of the image carrier is high, is large.
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