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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Eichi Koizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Eichi Koizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A supply control unit is configured to, in a successive image-forming operation, perform a process of successively generating a driving control pattern for a toner supply device based on image information of each page, and synthesizing an unused portion of the driving control pattern which is obtained by eliminating a portion of the driving control pattern already reflected on a driving control of the toner supply device from the driving control pattern generated based on image information of a previous page with a driving control pattern generated based on a subsequent page.