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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Hirotaka Fukuyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Koichiro Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hirotaka Fukuyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Koichiro Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A technique capable of preventing deterioration of image quality resulting from a band-shaped toner image created on a photosensitive surface in order to prevent so-called carrier attraction is provided. An image forming method involving an abutting and separation step that allows a first image carrier (YMC) and a second image carrier (K) to abut on an intermediate transfer body to form an image and thereafter that allows only the second image carrier to abut on the intermediate transfer body by separating the first image carrier from the intermediate transfer body; and then a collecting step that collects a toner band on the first image carrier in situ to conduct new image formation.