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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideaki Kodama, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/506 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus using an electrophotographic process is disclosed which measures the resistance of a page onto which an image is to be formed and optionally also measures the humidity of ambient environment. A controller controls image forming conditions, such as a development condition or a transfer condition, according to the measured resistance and/or the measured humidity.