Image forming apparatus that applies lubricant to a surface of image carrier
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image carrier configured to rotate and carry an image on a surface of the image carrier;
a latent image forming device configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier;
a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a lubricant;
a transfer device configured to transfer the image to a transfer material; and
a control device including a lubricant application executing device to at least control the lubricant application executing device to execute an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by actuating the developing device to apply the developer to the surface of the image carrier during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrier to a stop of the image carrier, wherein the control device further includes an image area calculating device configured to calculate an area of an image formed on the surface of the image carrier, and wherein the lubricant application executing device executes the application of the lubricant to the surface of the image carrier based at least in part on the calculated area of the image provided by the image area calculating device.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that rotates and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, a latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a lubricant, and a transfer device that transfers the developed image to a transfer material. The image forming apparatus further includes a control device including a lubricant application executing device and controlling the lubricant application executing device to execute an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by actuating the developing device to apply the developer to the surface of the image carrier during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrier to a stopping of the rotation of the image carrier.
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21 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image carrier configured to rotate and carry an image on a surface of the image carrier;
a latent image forming device configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier;
a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a lubricant;
a transfer device configured to transfer the image to a transfer material; and
a control device including a lubricant application executing device to at least control the lubricant application executing device to execute an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by actuating the developing device to apply the developer to the surface of the image carrier during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrier to a stop of the image carrier, wherein the control device further includes an image area calculating device configured to calculate an area of an image formed on the surface of the image carrier, and wherein the lubricant application executing device executes the application of the lubricant to the surface of the image carrier based at least in part on the calculated area of the image provided by the image area calculating device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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image carrying means for rotating and carrying an image on a surface of the image carrying means;
latent image forming means for forming an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying means;
developing means for developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a lubricant;
transferring means for transferring the image to a transfer material; and
control means including lubricant application executing means for executing an application of the lubricant to the image carrying means, the control means at least controlling the lubricant application executing means to execute an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by actuating the developing means to apply the developer to the surface of the image carrying means during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrying means to a stop of the image carrying means, wherein the control means further includes image area calculating means for calculating an area of an image formed on the surface of the image carrying means, and wherein the lubricant application executing means executes the application of the lubricant to the surface of the image carrying means based at least in part on the calculated area of the image provided by the image area calculating means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for forming an image, comprising the steps of:
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rotating an image carrier;
forming an electrostatic latent image on the rotating image carrier;
developing the electrostatic latent image on the rotating image carrier with a developer including a lubricant;
transferring the developed image to a transfer material; and
at least controlling an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by controlling an application of the developer including the lubricant to the image carrier during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrier to a stopping of the rotation of the image carrier based at least in part on calculating an area of image formation on the image carrier.
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