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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Keiichi Taguchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Keiichi Taguchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which includes: a plurality of developers each of which stores therein a toner of the same color and includes a toner carrier structured to rotate while carrying the toner on its surface; and a controller which executes an image forming operation using the developer in accordance with an image forming command, wherein the controller selects a developer from the plurality of developers based on a length of shutdown time from the end of use in the previous image forming operation and executes the image forming operation using the selected developer.