IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER SUPPLY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH TONER SUPPLY PROGRAM
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage that stores toner;
an image former that forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in the storage;
a toner supplier that supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member;
a density measurer that causes the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing, and measures density of the formed image;
a corrector that corrects, in response to measurement of density by the density measurer, a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the measured density; and
a changer that changes, based on satisfaction of a predetermined condition, a timing when the density measurer measures density.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image former which forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in a storage, a toner supplier which supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member, a density measurer which causes the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing and measures density of the formed image, a corrector which corrects a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the density measured by the density measurer, and a changer which changes a timing when the density measurer measures the density in response to an event that a predetermined condition is satisfied.
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17 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a storage that stores toner; an image former that forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in the storage; a toner supplier that supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member; a density measurer that causes the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing, and measures density of the formed image; a corrector that corrects, in response to measurement of density by the density measurer, a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the measured density; and a changer that changes, based on satisfaction of a predetermined condition, a timing when the density measurer measures density. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A toner supply method performed by an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a storage that stores toner; an image former that forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in the storage; and a toner supplier that supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member, the toner supply method comprising; a density measuring step of causing the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing, and measuring density of the formed image; a correction step of correcting, in response to measurement of density in the density measuring step, a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the measured density; and a change step of changing, based on satisfaction of a predetermined condition, a timing when density is measured in the density measuring step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a toner supply program executed by a hardware processor that controls an image forming apparatus,
the image forming apparatus comprising: -
a storage that stores toner; an image former that forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in the storage; and a toner supplier that supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member; the toner supply program causing the hardware processor to perform; a density measuring step of causing the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing, and measuring density of the formed image; a correction step of correcting, in response to measurement of density in the density measuring step, a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the measured density; and a change step of changing, based on satisfaction of a predetermined condition, a timing when density is measured in the density measuring step.
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