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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Hirotaka Kabashima, Tachikawa, JP;
Kouki Takahashi, Higashiyamoto, JP;
Hirotaka Kabashima, Tachikawa, JP;
Kouki Takahashi, Higashiyamoto, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a photoconductor for carrying a toner image; a transfer device, provided with a discharge wire, for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material through discharge in a transfer area, after a transfer material is superposed with the photoconductor; a transfer-exposure device for carrying out light exposure of a surface of the photoconductor superposed with the transfer material, in the transfer area; a separator for separating the transfer material from the photoconductor after the toner image is transferred; and a controller for controlling the image forming apparatus. The controller controls such that light from the transfer-exposure device is applied to the photoconductor surface for the first time when the photoconductor surface superposed with the transfer material has reached the transfer area.