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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mori, Ebina, JP;
Masato Katsukawa, Ebina, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharging light quantity adjusting device includes a potential measurement controller that performs: a process of causing a first toner image forming process to charge an image holding member to a first potential and an electrometer to measure an electrostatic potential on the image holding member to obtain a first value, a process of causing a second toner image forming process to charge the image holding member to a second potential and removing a toner image formed by the second toner image forming process, and a process of causing a third toner image forming process to charge the image holding member to a third potential, and causing the electrometer to measure an electrostatic potential on the image holding member to obtain a second value; and a light quantity adjusting unit that adjusts a quantity of a discharging light based on the first and second values.