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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Atsushi Takehara, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsumaru Fujita, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Atsushi Takehara, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsumaru Fujita, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Kohta Sakaya, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner supplying method for supplying toner from a toner container to a developing part that causes toner to adhere to a latent image formed on a latent image carrying member and develops the latent image, includes detecting a toner amount in the developing part as being equal to or less than a predetermined toner amount value; forming a fog detecting image in a case where the toner amount in the developing part is equal to or less than the predetermined toner amount value, and detecting fog; and determining based on the detected fog whether to execute a toner ejecting process of ejecting the toner remaining in the developing part toward the latent image carrying member before supplying the toner to the developing part from the toner container.