发明名称 |
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR AGITATING TONER BEFORE IMAGE FORMING OPERATION IS PERFORMED |
摘要 |
In an image forming apparatus, an agitator agitates the toner in a target agitation amount before the image forming portion forms the image. The target agitation amount represents an amount of actions of agitation imparted upon the toner by the agitator. A processor is configured to: obtain at least one of a degradation level of the toner, the image to be formed, a non-agitation time period during which the agitator has not agitated the toner; set the target agitation amount based on the at least one of the degradation level of the toner, the image to be formed, and the non-agitation time period; perform agitating the toner in the target agitation amount by the agitator; and control the image forming portion to form the image after the agitator agitates the toner in the target agitation amount. |
申请公布号 |
US2015277288(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.10.01 |
申请号 |
US201514628813 |
申请日期 |
2015.02.23 |
申请人 |
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
发明人 |
MURAYAMA Kentaro |
分类号 |
G03G15/08;G03G21/20 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/08 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a container accommodating toner; an image forming portion configured to form an image by using the toner in the container; an agitator configured to agitate the toner in a target agitation amount before the image forming portion forms the image, the target agitation amount representing an amount of actions of agitation imparted upon the toner by the agitator; and a processor configured to: obtain at least one of a degradation level of the toner, a type of the image to be formed, and a non-agitation time period during which the agitator has not agitated the toner; set the target agitation amount based on the at least one of the degradation level of the toner, the type of the image to be formed, and the non-agitation time period; perform agitating the toner in the target agitation amount by the agitator; and control the image forming portion to form the image after the agitator agitates the toner in the target agitation amount. |
地址 |
Nagoya-shi JP |