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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Yukihiro Miura, Toride, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Kashiwa, JP;
Takashi Yahagi, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller for controlling, when a developer is accommodated in a developing container, a discharging device such that an amount of developer in a first accommodating portion is not less than a first amount, in accordance with a detection result of a first detecting device and such that an amount of developer in a second accommodating portion is not less than a second amount, in accordance with a detection result of a second detecting device, and for permitting, when the developing container is substantially empty, and the amount in the first accommodating portion is less than the first amount, an image forming operation to continue until the amount in the second developer portion becomes less than the second amount.