Image forming apparatus
US9958813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/1675
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transferring belt, photosensitive drums, primary transferring parts, a transfer voltage applying part, a resistance value measuring part, a cleaning device, a pre-brush, a pre-brush current detecting part and a transfer voltage correcting part. The pre-brush applies a cleaning charge voltage to the remained toner at an upstream side from the cleaning device in the rotation direction of the transferring belt. The transfer voltage correcting part, by a subject resistance value of the primary transferring part measured by the resistance value measuring part, corrects a transfer voltage of the primary transferring part. As a measurement condition, if a change quantity of the pre-brush current from the last transfer voltage correction is equal to or more than a predetermined change threshold, the resistance value measuring part executes measurement of the subject resistance value and the transfer voltage correcting part executes correction of the transfer voltage.
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