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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Ryouhei Ohi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Yuuji Meguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryouhei Ohi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Yuuji Meguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharging method used in an image forming apparatus includes discharging, with an exposure device, an exposure range of the latent image bearer, and discharging, with a discharger, an area of the latent image bearer outside the exposure range and inside a developing range in a main scanning direction. The exposure range is inside the developing range in the main scanning direction. The discharging with the exposure device and the discharging with the discharger are performed when a rotation of the latent image bearer is stopped after a toner image is transferred from the latent image bearer.