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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Shiori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a latent-image forming unit configured to form a latent image on the image carrier; a developing unit configured to develop the latent image on the image carrier with a developer applied onto a developer carrier; a temperature detector configured to detect an internal temperature or an ambient temperature of the developing unit, the internal temperature and ambient temperature varying depending on a temperature of the developer carrier; and a control unit configured to control restriction on number of pages on which image formation is allowed to be performed continuously and cancellation of the restriction, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector.