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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yamaura, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image with toner, an image carrier, a transfer unit that transfers an image from the image carrier to a medium, and a power supply control unit that applies a transfer bias generated by superimposing an AC bias and a DC bias to the transfer unit. Multiple first images are transferred to a medium, the first images being formed by setting one of an amplitude value of the AC bias, and a DC bias value representing a value of the DC bias to a fixed value and changing the other one at a preset interval. Multiple second images are transferred to a medium, the second images being formed by setting the one of the amplitude value and the DC bias value to a fixed value different from the fixed value, and changing the other one at a preset interval.