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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Hiroto Okochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Okochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a nip former, a transfer bias supply, and processing circuitry. The nip former to form a transfer nip between the image bearer and the nip former. The transfer bias supply applies a transfer bias in which an alternating current component is superimposed on a direct current component to the transfer nip, to transfer a toner image onto a transfer target object at the transfer nip. The processing circuitry is to execute a processing mode of determining the DC component and the AC component to be used in a print job, based on a plurality of test toner images transferred to the transfer target object under transfer conditions different from each other in combination of the DC component and the AC component while changing the DC component and the AC component.
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