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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kanji Nakayama, Toyokawa, JP;
Shinichi Yoshimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kanda, Toyota, JP;
Yasuyuki Inada, Toyohashi, JP;
Yuusuke Mandai, Kyoto, JP;
Yu Mukobayashi, Nagoya, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes: a charging unit configured to apply charging bias voltage to a charging member and charge a surface of an image carrying body; an exposure unit configured to expose the surface of the image carrying body, and form an electrostatic latent image; a developing unit configured to apply developing bias voltage to a developer carrying body, and develop the electrostatic latent image; and a control unit configured to control timing to start applying the developing bias voltage relative to timing to start applying the charging bias voltage, wherein the control unit performs control such that the larger an absolute value of the charging bias voltage is, the shorter an interval from timing to start applying the charging bias voltage to timing to start applying the developing bias voltage becomes, and such that the smaller the absolute value is, the longer the interval becomes.