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Patent No.:

US 7315704 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2005
Applicants:

Joong-gwang Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Shinichi Hisatomi, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Joong-gwang Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Shinichi Hisatomi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A wet-type image forming apparatus and method is provided to sense and maintain a toner concentration level of a developer, and includes a counter for counting the number of dots of input print data, a memory for storing an average coverage of a print medium which corresponds to a predetermined dot number of the print data and storing a lookup table for consumption quantities of carrier and toner which correspond to the average coverage, and a control unit for calculating a toner concentration of a developer that remains in a developer supplying unit by recognizing consumption quantities of the carrier and the toner that are stored in the memory based on the counted dot number.


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Shin, Joong-gwang. (2008). Wet-type image forming apparatus, a toner concentration sensing method, and a method for controlling wet-type image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 7315704). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7315704

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