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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G01J 3/501 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a solid lubricant; a lubricant application member that scrapes off the solid lubricant and applies the scraped solid lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a colorimeter that performs colorimetry of a colorimetric surface of the solid lubricant; and a hardware processor that sets a lubricant application condition such that a predetermined amount of lubricant is applied on the basis of a colorimetric result obtained by the colorimeter.