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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Takashi Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A supply control apparatus includes: a specifying unit that specifies a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit; and a supply control unit that controls supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.