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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Takeshi Tomizawa, Numazu, JP;
Masahiro Inoue, Mishima, JP;
Haruhiko Omata, Susono, JP;
Yuji Bessho, Sunto-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including, an image bearing member, an image forming device for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, a transfer device for electrostatically transferring the toner image formed by the image forming device on the image bearing member to a transfer material, an detector for detecting temperature and humidity in a main body of the apparatus and a controller for such control that the toner amount per unit area of the toner image formed on the image bearing member by the image forming device differs in accordance with a result detected by the detector.