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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Ayaka Kurokawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1665 (2013.01); G03G 15/0136 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus, wherein when it is predicted that a surface potential of at least one of a plurality of photosensitive drums becomes less than the predetermined potential, whenever transfer of toner images corresponding to a predetermined number of sheets is completed by a plurality of transfer rollers, continuous print is interrupted for a predetermined time, a voltage with a polarity equal to a polarity of toner is applied to the plurality of transfer rollers by a power supply or the application of the voltage to the plurality of transfer rollers is stopped during the predetermined time.