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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoyoshi Kinoshita, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355208 ; 355246 ; 355326 ;
Abstract
An image forming method and an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of kinds of toner images are supported on an image support member, the method comprising the steps of: forming, on the basis of first image data, a first toner image on the image support member with first toner; detecting the first toner image so as to output a detection signal; forming, on the basis of second image data, a second toner image on the image support member with second toner which is different from the first toner; and executing, by an output of the detection signal, a program for setting conditions for forming the second toner image.