18737178. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.)
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18737178 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a cleaning blade, and a controller. The controller detects printing-coverage rates on a basis of plural areas divided in the longitudinal direction of the image carrier. Upon occurrence of a difference exceeding a specified threshold value among the coverage rates of the plural areas, the controller executes, for a duration of specified aging time, aging process in which the image carrier is driven into rotation in its charged state.
