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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Sun-woo Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Shinich Hisatomi, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung-kyu Kim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a transfer unit that transfers onto a transfer medium an image that is formed on a photosensitive medium; a power supply unit that provides a transfer power to the transfer unit; and a transfer power control unit that controls the transfer power that is provided to the transfer unit by the power supply unit. The transfer power control unit sets as a target voltage an output voltage of the power supply unit that is measured by supplying an initial transfer current to the transfer unit in a predetermined certain period before an image is transferred onto the transfer medium and controls the power supply unit to apply the set target voltage to the transfer unit while an image is being transferred onto the transfer medium.