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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kenshi Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The developing device includes a toner layer formation control unit instructing a voltage control unit to set a first voltage difference to form a toner layer on a surface of a toner supporting rotator, a stripping control unit that instructs the voltage control unit to, in a toner layer stripping mode, set a second voltage difference that moves substantially an entire amount of toner composing the toner layer to a developer supporting rotator, and a density detection unit detecting the toner density on a transfer member onto which a toner image is primarily transferred. When the toner remains on a surface of the toner supporting rotator, the stripping control unit causes the toner to fly to the surface of the image carrier, while outputting an instruction adjusting the second voltage difference to the voltage control unit in order to reduce the toner density detected by the toner density detection unit.