| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device and an image forming method which predict the occurrence of abnormal noise at the time of image forming processing and forestall the occurrence. <P>SOLUTION: An image forming device comprises an image carrier 101; a drive mechanism driving the image carrier 101 to be rotated to be able to change the linear velocity of the image carrier 101; image processing process means executing image forming processing in electrophotographic system by using the image carrier 101 and transferring a toner image on the image carrier 101 to a recording medium P; a slide contact member 107a slidingly contacting the image carrier 101; vibration detecting means 108 detecting the vibration of the slide contact member 107a; and an abnormal noise predicting means 109 predicting the occurrence of abnormal noise at the time of the image forming processing on the basis of the vibration detected by the vibration detecting means 108, wherein the vibration detecting means 108 detects the vibration occurring when the image carrier 101 is driven to be rotated with the linear velocity being different from the linear velocity at the time of the image forming processing, and wherein the timing of the detection by the vibration detecting means 108 is different from the timing of the image forming processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
