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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Ibaraki, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Suganuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sukesako, Ibaraki, JP;
Hironobu Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Suganuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of continuous image formation on multiple pages includes an image bearer to bear an image, a latent image forming unit to form a latent image on the image bearer, a developing device to develop the latent image with toner, a temperature sensor to detect temperature inside the developing device or adjacent to the developing device, a controller to impose a limit on a quantity of pages in continuous image formation and cancel the limit according to a detection result generated by the temperature sensor, and a report unit to report time data indicating when the limit is imposed.