发明名称 Image forming apparatus and method
摘要 When an image forming apparatus is disabled due to a cause rather than the detection of the toner empty condition, it is determined whether a recovery operation is a first recovery operation or a second recovery operation. The first recovery operation is associated with a mounting/dismounting of the toner cartridge performed from when the image forming apparatus is disabled until when the recovery operation begins. The second recovery operation is not associated with the mounting/dismounting. A toner supply control controls the toner supply operation when the recovery operation is performed on condition that the empty memory memorizes that the toner empty detector detects the empty condition. When the recovery operation is the first recovery operation, the toner supply control allows the toner to be supplied into the developer housing. While, when the recovery operation is the second recovery operation, the toner supply control prohibits the toner from being supplied into developer housing.
申请公布号 US7949264(B2) 申请公布日期 2011.05.24
申请号 US20080173359 申请日期 2008.07.15
申请人 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 发明人 MAE HIDEO;OKUNISHI KAZUO;HASHIZUME MASAHARU;YAMADA TATSUTOSHI;INOUE MASAYUKI
分类号 G03G15/00;G03G15/08 主分类号 G03G15/00
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