Canon kabushiki kaisha (20250123584). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
KENTA Shibukawa of Shizuoka JP
HISASHI Taniguchi of Shizuoka JP
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250123584 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, each unit including an image bearing member, a developer carrying member that supplies developer to an electrostatic latent image to form a developer image, and a cleaning member that removes the developer from a surface of the image bearing member. the image forming apparatus further includes: an intermediate transfer member that carries the developer images of the respective units; a transfer unit that transfers superimposed developer images on the intermediate transfer member to a recording material; and a control unit that performs a toner supply process in which the developer is supplied from the developer carrying member to a region where the image bearing member and the cleaning member come into contact after a first image forming process of printing a high-coverage image and before a second image forming process.