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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Kayoko Tanaka, Machida, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Zama, JP;
Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kamakura, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Kohta Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yushi Hirayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Machida, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Zama, JP;
Hitoshi Ishibashi, Kamakura, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Kohta Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yushi Hirayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a reuse method for reusing a reusable device and a sensor of a first image forming apparatus having a first process linear velocity in a second image forming apparatus having at least one second process linear velocity different from the first process linear velocity, the reusable device and the sensor are installed in the first image forming apparatus, and when the first image forming apparatus switches from the first process linear velocity to the second process linear velocity at an initial state before the reusable device is used, output of the sensor at the second process linear velocity is measured. When information on the output of the sensor at the second process linear velocity is stored, the reusable device and the sensor are removed from the first image forming apparatus and installed in the second image forming apparatus.