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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Ikeda, Oyama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 15/0225 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit (control unit) configured to detect operation information of the image forming apparatus and a controller (control unit) configured to apply an AC voltage to a charging roller by a charging power source during a non-image-forming operation of the image forming apparatus. The controller is configured to control the duration for which the AC voltage is applied on the basis of the operation information detected by the detection unit.