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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:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 53 ; 399 58 ;
Abstract
An image forming method is disclosed in which an optical image is formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member, and its light intensity is modulated in accordance with image information to form an electrostatic latent image, and then development is performed. At the time of formation of an electrostatic latent image formed of the smallest isolated dots on the electrostatic latent image bearing member, the charge density distribution, weight average particle diameter of a toner, and Q/M distribution of the toner satisfy the relationship of: ##EQU1##