18800273. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
SHUNSUKE Matsushita of Kanagawa (JP)
TOSHIHIKO Takayama of Kanagawa (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18800273 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging member, a development member, a developer accommodating portion, a first acquiring portion which acquires developer amount information related to an amount of the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, a second acquiring portion which acquires development drive information related to a movement distance of a surface of the development member, and a control portion which is capable of executing a first mode and a second mode, whose frequency of driving the development member lower than that of the first mode, as an image forming mode. The control portion proposes or determines a change from the first mode to the second mode of the image forming mode on the basis of the developer amount information and the development drive information.