Image forming apparatus
US9280125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0035
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearer, a lubricant dispenser to apply lubricant to the first image bearer, and a controller to adjust a spatial interval during image formation between successive recording media on each of which an image is formed, according to a total amount of toner attached to the first image bearer for each of the successive recording media, to apply the lubricant to the first image bearer.
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