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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hara, Itami, JP;
Takahiro Kuroda, Toyokawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tahara, JP;
Satoru Shibuya, Chiryu, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having: an image support that supports a toner image; a transfer member adapted to sandwich with the transfer member and the image support; a voltage application unit that applies a transfer bias voltage to the transfer member; a current detecting unit that detects transfer current flowing from the voltage application unit to the transfer material after transfer processing on the transfer material starts; and a control unit that sets an upper limit of transfer current on the basis of a value of the transfer current detected by the current detecting unit, and thereafter further acquires a transfer current value from the current detecting unit to control a transfer bias voltage generated by the voltage application unit, such that the transfer current value during transfer does not exceed the upper limit.