Canon kabushiki kaisha (20240419111). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Inventor(s)
YUICHIRO Hirata of Shizuoka (JP)
HISASHI Taniguchi of Shizuoka (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240419111 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
the present invention discloses an image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of cartridges each having an image bearing member and a developer bearing member, an intermediate transfer member onto which a developer images are transferred; a detection unit for outputting information related to reflected light from the developer images on the intermediate transfer member; and a control unit. the plurality of cartridges can be simultaneously installed. each of the plurality of cartridges has a lifespan. the control unit executes image density control on the basis of a value of image data and the information related to the reflected light, and increases execution frequency of the image density control in a case where a first cartridge having a first lifespan and a second cartridge having a second lifespan different from the first lifespan are simultaneously installed.