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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shota Soda, Abiko, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0283 (2013.01); G03G 21/08 (2013.01); G03G 15/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

When attachment of an unused photoconductor unit is detected, a mode is executed in which, during non-image formation, a first current flowing in a charging roller is detected when a photoconductor is re-charged without irradiation of light by a pre-exposure device after being charged and passing through a transfer position during non-image formation, and a second current flowing in the charging roller is detected when the photoconductor is re-charged with irradiation of light by the pre-exposure device after being charged and passing through the transfer position, and a current supplied to an LED lamp during image formation is controlled in accordance with detection results.


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