IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAID DEVICE

摘要

FIELD: physics. ^ SUBSTANCE: image forming device has: developing apparatus for supplying toner medium to an image carrier; a toner medium container which has a unit for feeding the stored toner medium to the developing apparatus; an element for detecting the amount of toner medium remaining in the container; and a controller for changing supply rate of the feeding unit when the amount of remaining toner medium detected by the detection element is below a given level in order to uniformly maintain the amount of toner medium fed from the container to the developing apparatus. ^ EFFECT: maintenance of uniform amount of toner medium fed from the container into the developing apparatus in order to prevent a defective image. ^ 27 cl, 8 dwg, 1 tbl