Method for increasing useful life of an image forming apparatus
US8824929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0132
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoconductive drums, each photoconductive drum transferring a portion of a toner image to an intermediate transfer member. The photoconductive drums are individually rotated to a printing speed such that a downstream photoconductive drum starts rotating prior to an adjacent upstream photoconductive drum starts image transfer. Similarly, an upstream photoconductive drum starts deceleration when its following downstream station has transferred image.
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