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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Atsushi Takehara, Kyoto, JP;
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Tetsumaru Fujita, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Takehara, Kyoto, JP;
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Tetsumaru Fujita, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Toner is supplied from a toner container to a developing part that causes the toner to adhere to a latent image formed on a latent image carrying member and develops the latent image, a pre-toner-supply operation of supplying a predetermined amount of toner to the developing part is carried out, a fog detecting image is formed and fog is detected in the fog detecting image, a toner supply amount to be supplied to the developing part is determined based on the fog detected in the detecting and an operational status of the developing part since the toner was supplied to the developing part the last time, and the toner supply amount of the toner determined in the determining is supplied to the developing part.