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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Junji Murauchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0868 (2013.01); G03G 15/104 (2013.01); G03G 15/556 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00611 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0695 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: a replacement detector that detects that a toner bottle has been replaced; a developer that develops an electrostatic latent image by using a toner supplied from the toner bottle and stored; a fog detector that detects a fog amount; and a determiner that determines whether or not the detected fog amount continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold value in a state where a toner supplied from a toner bottle before replacement and a toner supplied from a toner bottle after replacement are mixed in the developer.