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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Katsuhiro Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yasutomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yasutomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner-layer filling-rate lowering unit that causes a toner layer of toner images to be formed on an image carrier so that the toner layer has sufficient optical transparency for exposing and the toner-layer filling rate is set relatively low; and a toner rolling rate adjusting unit that rolls the toner images at a predetermined toner rolling rate in accordance with the toner-layer filling rate when the toner images are transferred to the transferring/fixing unit.