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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Terao, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Sonohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method that compute a total amount of toner to be deposited per unit area of a target image in which a first unit area is computed to form a first toner image using a highest total amount of toner, and a second unit area is computed to form a second toner image using a lowest total amount of toner. When the highest total amount of toner computed by a computing unit exceeds a given level, a transfer bias determination unit identifies a transfer bias to transfer a toner image of the target image from an overlapping portion that can effectively transfer the first toner image, and the second toner image.