Image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier rotatably supported;
a lubricant supplier that supplies lubricant to a surface of the image carrier;
a blade that levels the lubricant supplied front the lubricant supplier in a film-like form on the surface of the image carrier; and
a hardware processor that controls image formation, whereinthe hardware processor has a lubricant removal mode to remove the lubricant accumulated on the blade,the lubricant removal mode includes a plurality of displacement modes each of which imparts different displacement to the blade,in each of the displacement modes, one of a displacement amount, a displacement speed, a displacement period, a displacement angle, and a displacement position of the blade is different, andthe hardware processor performs switching between the displacement modes during execution of the lubricant removal mode.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier rotatably supported; a lubricant supplier that supplies lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a blade that levels the lubricant supplied from the lubricant supplier in a film-like form on the surface of the image carrier; and a controller that controls image formation, wherein the controller has a lubricant removal mode to remove the lubricant accumulated on the blade, the lubricant removal mode includes a plurality of displacement modes each of which imparts different displacement to the blade, in each of the displacement modes, one of a displacement amount, a displacement speed, a displacement period, a displacement angle, and a displacement position of the blade is different, and the controller performs switching between the displacement modes dining execution of the lubricant removal mode.
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10 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image carrier rotatably supported; a lubricant supplier that supplies lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a blade that levels the lubricant supplied front the lubricant supplier in a film-like form on the surface of the image carrier; and a hardware processor that controls image formation, wherein the hardware processor has a lubricant removal mode to remove the lubricant accumulated on the blade, the lubricant removal mode includes a plurality of displacement modes each of which imparts different displacement to the blade, in each of the displacement modes, one of a displacement amount, a displacement speed, a displacement period, a displacement angle, and a displacement position of the blade is different, and the hardware processor performs switching between the displacement modes during execution of the lubricant removal mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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