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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Satoshi Nishida, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroaki Miho, Hachioji, JP;
Shigetaka Kurosu, Hachioji, JP;
Mikihiko Takada, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroaki Miho, Hachioji, JP;
Shigetaka Kurosu, Hachioji, JP;
Mikihiko Takada, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having: a transfer section which transfers a toner image onto an intermediate transfer body or a transfer material to form an image thereon; a selection section for selecting one mode among a plurality of modes including a first mode for forming the image by using a plurality of colors including a first color and a second mode for forming the image by using less number of colors including the first color than that of the colors in the first mode; and a control section for controlling the transfer section in order that a transfer rate of a toner image of the first color in the second mode is larger than that of a toner image of the first color in the first mode when toner images are transferred onto the intermediate transfer body or the transfer material by the transfer section.
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