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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Wakana Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Ozeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Hitosugi, Tokyo, JP;
Emiko Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunio Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuki Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Komori, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Wakana Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Ozeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Hitosugi, Tokyo, JP;
Emiko Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunio Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mutsuki Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Komori, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearer, a lubricant dispenser to apply lubricant to the first image bearer, and a controller to adjust a spatial interval during image formation between successive recording media on each of which an image is formed, according to a total amount of toner attached to the first image bearer for each of the successive recording media, to apply the lubricant to the first image bearer.