Method of reducing consumption of toner material used in electrophotographic process, and electrophotographic apparatus performing the method

摘要

A method of reducing consumption of toner material used in an electrophotographic processor that forms a latent electrostatic image on a charged photosensitive object using a laser exposure unit (20) for outputting a laser beam, the method including adjusting a power of the laser beam to match a user-selected density of an output image so as to adjust an electric potential between an image region and a non-image region of the latent electrostatic image, wherein the consumption of the toner material is reduced, and an electrophotographic processor performing the method. <IMAGE>