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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kunihisa, Toyohashi, JP;
Soh Hirota, Toyokawa, JP;
Shigeki Naiki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device to and from which a developing unit in which a developer containing toner is filled is detachable and removable, comprises a hardware processor that: enables the developing unit to perform a stir operation of the developer filled in the developing unit as an initial operation of the developing unit; obtains a reference value of a toner density set in advance in time of a factory shipment of the developing unit at time the stir operation is performed; and compares a toner density received from the developing unit during the stir operation with the reference value to determine a stir condition of the developer.