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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus can adjust a liquid amount of a carrier liquid layer formed on an intermediary transfer belt depending on an image forming mode. In a case of a full-color mode, a controller sets an operation mode of a liquid amount adjusting device at a 'removal mode' . In a case of a monochromatic mode, the controller sets the operation mode at a 'supply mode'. In the removal mode, a carrier liquid in the carrier liquid tank is not carried on a feeding roller, so that the carrier liquid is removed from the belt by the feeding roller. In the supply mode, the carrier liquid drawn up from the carrier liquid tank by a supplying roller is supplied to the belt via the feeding roller