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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Osamu Ariizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fukutoshi Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohta Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yushi Hirayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ariizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fukutoshi Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohta Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yushi Hirayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing unit supplies toner from a developing roller to an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, and creates a visual image. A forced consumption unit causes, when a proportion of number of pixels used for forming the electrostatic latent image for a maximum image effective-width is equal to or less than a predetermined value, a forced consumption of toner by an amount corresponding to a difference between a toner amount corresponding to the number of pixels and a predetermined toner consumption amount. The forced consumption unit adds toner of an amount used in the forced consumption to an amount of toner to be supplied in a next imaging process.