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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Makoto Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
Yoshie Tsuchida, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure mechanism to form a latent image by exposure, a latent-image carrier to hold the latent image, a charging mechanism to charge the latent-image carrier evenly, a development device to develop a latent image on the latent-image carrier into a toner image, a transfer mechanism to transfer the toner image formed on the latent-image carrier onto a transfer material, at least one asperity profile reading mechanism to read an asperity of an entire image area of the transfer material at least in a width direction thereof onto which a toner image is to be transferred, and a control mechanism to adjust a toner adhesion amount of the toner image transferred to the transfer material in accordance with a localized asperity of a surface of the transfer material read by the asperity profile reading mechanism.