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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yamaura, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shigezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Tominaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit that transfers a toner image to a transfer body; a guide unit disposed upstream of the transfer unit in a direction in which the transfer body is transported, the guide unit guiding the transfer body; a supply unit that supplies a transfer voltage to the transfer unit; and a setting unit that sets the transfer voltage supplied by the supply unit so that a transfer current supplied to the transfer unit is within a predetermined range at the time when the transfer body becomes separated from the guide unit.