Image forming apparatus and toner supply method
US8483583B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00059
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Toner is supplied from a toner container to a developing part that causes the toner to adhere to a latent image formed on a latent image carrying member and develops the latent image, a pre-toner-supply operation of supplying a predetermined amount of toner to the developing part is carried out, a fog detecting image is formed and fog is detected in the fog detecting image, a toner supply amount to be supplied to the developing part is determined based on the fog detected in the detecting and an operational status of the developing part since the toner was supplied to the developing part the last time, and the toner supply amount of the toner determined in the determining is supplied to the developing part.
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