Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuka Kanatani

Yoshihiro Fujiwara

Hideyasu Seki

Keiji Kunimi

Yuushi Hirayama

Ryota Kidera

Kazufumi Kimura

Masanori Moro

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to control a display to display a setting screen for a background pattern that allows a user to designate a special consumable material as a color to be used for information specified as the background pattern; generate print data using the designated special consumable material; and transmit the print data to an image forming apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, image forming system, information processing method, and recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by irradiation of the photoconductor with light, a charger, a developing device, a transfer device, a charge removal execution determiner, and a power supply controller. The charger receives a superimposed voltage of a DC voltage and an AC voltage to charge the photoconductor. The developing device develops the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor into a toner image. The transfer device transfers the developed toner image to a recording medium. The charge removal execution determiner issues a charge removal command when a flow of electric charge from the transfer device into the photoconductor has occurred in an image forming outputting operation. The power supply controller applies only the AC voltage to the charger for a predetermined period in a state in which the photoconductor is rotated, when the charge removal command is issued.

Image forming apparatus executing charge removal for photoconductor thereof and control method for same

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuka Kanatani