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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Kazuo Mohri, Hyogo, JP;
Yuuya Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Mohri, Hyogo, JP;
Yuuya Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member driving part that drives a photosensitive member, a counting part that carries out an adding operation when the photosensitive member driving part drives the photosensitive member, and carries out a subtracting operation when the photosensitive member driving part stops the photosensitive member; and a control part that interrupts, when a count value of the counting part becomes equal to or more than a first predetermined value, a printing operation of driving the photosensitive member, forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member, and fixing a toner adhering to the photosensitive member onto a recording sheet, and causes the counting part to start the subtracting operation.