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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takeshi Maeyama, Ikeda, JP;
Atsuto Hirai, Ikoma, JP;
Yuuya Sato, Settsu, JP;
Makiko Watanabe, Uji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a toner charging amount for toner in a liquid developer conveyed to a development portion is set, a wet-type image formation apparatus performs a sensing operation in which a sensing unit senses image densities of a plurality of patch images formed at different development biases with the toner charging amount being set to a constant value, and a setting operation in which, in a case where a control unit calculates current development characteristics based on the image densities of the plurality of patch images sensed by the sensing unit, and determines that the current development characteristics are not included within a set target range, the control unit controls a charging unit to set the toner charging amount such that the development characteristics are included within the set target range.