18532422. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.)
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Inventor(s)
Mariko Suzuki of Kanagawa (JP)
Masaaki Yamaura of Kanagawa (JP)
Akihiro Takahashi of Kanagawa (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18532422 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes: an image holding section; a transfer section that transfers an image held by the image holding section onto a medium; a supply section that supplies a transfer assist material for assisting the transfer to the image holding section; a detection section that detects an amount of the transfer assist material held by the image holding section; and a holding amount control section that controls an amount of the transfer assist material to be held by the image holding section based on a detection result of the detection section.