Electrophotography inventions 04/06

20060088323 - Design support program and design support method: A design support method which enables the verification of processing operation of software which controls a sheet conveying mechanism by displaying the process, in which a virtual sheet is conveyed, on a display portion, comprising a first procedure of setting failure occurrence conditions of a virtual device beforehand, a second...

20060088324 - Fixing device: A fixing device has a fixing belt, a trembler coil for heating the fixing belt with magnetic flux, a ferrite core around which the trembler coil is wound, and a heater for heating the ferrite core. The ferrite core has a Curie temperature which is between a fixing temperature of...

20060088325 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; image forming means for forming an image on said image bearing member through steps including a step of electrically charging said image bearing member to a substantially uniform potential, wherein said image bearing member is repeatedly usable for forming images; and...

20060088326 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus of an image forming apparatus with high productivity for heavy paper is provided that prevents an abnormal temperature rise of a heated material after a continuous printing operation of heavy paper ends. If the value of a temperature sensor that is provided in a non-passing region of...

20060088328 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes image forming means for forming an image on a recording material; a heating rotatable member for heating the heating nip on the upper in a heating nip; magnetic flux generating means for generating a magnetic flux for induction heat generation in the heating rotatable member;...

20060088329 - Image forming apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux by current flowing therethrough; an image heating member for heating an image on a recording material which is fed therethrough, the image heating member producing heat by eddy current generated by the magnetic flux; electric power supply control...

20060088327 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux by a current flowing therethrough; an image heating member having an electroconductive layer in which an eddy current is produced by the magnetic flux by which heat is generated, the image heating member being effective to heat an...

20060088330 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, provided with a fixing device that transports the recording material while gripping it using a heating member and a pressing member and that carries out fixing by heating from the heating member, has a driving device for rotating the heating member and the pressing member and...

20060088331 - Controlling method for image forming apparatus: A controlling method for controlling an image forming apparatus has a step of displaying a prinnting paper illustration representing printing paper on an operating screen and a step of displaying at least one icon related to a process function of the image forming apparatus. The controlling method further has a...

20060088332 - Oxygen generators in ink cartridge environment: A system is provided within an electrophotographic imaging environment that removes or decomposes airborne hydrocarbons (as vapor and/or droplets), at least some of which are provided from evaporation or airborne dispersal of hydrocarbon carrier from electrophotographic toners or inks during and imaging process. The system comprises a catalyst that assists...

20060088333 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a fixing apparatus 9 that performs electromagnetic induction-heating due to an operation of magnetic fluxes emitted from a magnetic flux generating unit, and a high-frequency power supply circuit which supplies a high-frequency current to the magnetic flux generating unit. The high-frequency power supply circuit is...

20060088334 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: A method of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge comprising toner hopper not including a toner hopper access port comprises forming an access hole in a surface of the toner hopper, inserting toner into the toner hopper through the access hole, and adhering a hopper cap over the access hole to seal...

20060088335 - Image forming apparatus capable of changing positions of panels and method thereof: An image forming apparatus including operation panels. The image forming apparatus includes a body, a plurality of connectors, each being formed at a predetermined position on the body, and a plurality of operation panels connected with the body through the plurality of connectors. Connecting positions of the plurality of operation...

20060088336 - Image forming apparatus that restricts excessive pivotal movement of image reading unit: A discharge tray is provided on a predetermined surface of an image forming unit for receiving a recording medium discharged from the image forming unit. The image reading unit is disposed in confrontation with the discharge tray for reading an image from an original document. The coupling portion is disposed...

20060088337 - Color image forming apparatus and process cartridge therefor: A color image forming apparatus of the present invention charges the surface of a photoconductive belt with a charger, exposes the charged surface with an exposing unit to form a latent image, develops the latent image with a developing unit to thereby form a corresponding toner image, repeats such a...

20060088338 - Belt drive control method, belt-drive control device, and image forming apparatus: A rotational speed of a first roller and a time required for a second roller to make one rotation are measured. A controller calculates an amplitude and a phase of fluctuation in a rotational speed in one rotation period of the first roller while the first roller is rotated by...

20060088340 - Drive force transmitting mechanism, and image forming apparatus including the drive force transmitting mechanism: A drive force transmitting mechanism includes a first gear rotatably supported by a first shaft element, a first gear holding unit including the first shaft element and a first support element supporting the first shaft element, a second gear rotatably supported by a second shaft element, a second gear holding...

20060088339 - Encoder omitting color image forming apparatus & method: A color image forming apparatus includes a first detecting device that detects a first detection objective and generates a pulse signal having a prescribed voltage, and a second detecting device that detects the second detection objective and generates a pulse signal having the same width and a prescribed voltage. A...

20060088341 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a movable member, a replenishment device, a developer replenishment path, and a conveyance screw so arranged within the developer replenishment path as not to come into contact with the internal wall of the developer replenishment path, wherein X (g) representing the quantity...

20060088342 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes primary transferring units that conduct the successive primary transfer onto an intermediate transfer body on which each of toner images different colors of the photoreceptors has been formed, a secondary transferring unit that transfers a color toner image formed by superimposing on the intermediate...

20060088343 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A color image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member, a first forming portion having a first transfer unit, a second forming portion provided downstream from the first forming portion, a third forming portion provided downstream from the second forming portion, a fourth forming portion provided downstream from the third...

20060088345 - Color image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: An image having a quality superior to that of the prior art is obtained even if there are multiple causes of image degradation. In a color image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of rotating bodies for forming a color image by rotating in cooperation, amounts of fluctuation in the...

20060088344 - Image forming device: Electrostatic latent images of a pattern image and an original image are formed on each of a plurality of image carriers. Each image carrier is provided with a developing unit and a transfer unit, and images of a reference color and colors other than the reference color are formed on...

20060088346 - Floating stripper finger assembly and a fuser having same: A floating stripper finger assembly includes (a) a first baffle; (b) a second baffle, including a slot and a first anchor, and being spaced from, and with, the first baffle defining a media path therebetween; (c ) a stripper finger device having (i) a first end including a stripping tip...

20060088347 - Precision release agent management system: A precision release agent management system for an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus fuser device. The precision release agent management system includes a reservoir adapted to contain a release agent. A wick absorbs release agent from the reservoir. A metering member receives release agent from the wick, which is supported for resiliently...

20060088348 - Fast acting fusing method and apparatus and an electrostatographic reproduction machine including same: A fast acting fusing method and apparatus are provided for (a.) first moving a certain quantity of working liquid within a fusing heat pipe device from a heat transferring region of the fusing heat pipe device to an induction heating region of the fusing heat pipe device for maximizing liquid-to-device...

20060088349 - Method of fixing toner on recording medium: The fixing unit satisfies following three conditions. That is, (1) 2.4×103×d/(TC×t)<T0, where d is a thickness of the unfixed toner layer in meters, TC is a thermal conductivity of toner in W/mK, and t is the fixing time in seconds; (2) a temperature Ttop of a topmost layer of the...

20060088350 - Fixing device in image forming apparatus with pressing roller having a reversed crown shape: In a fixing device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention using toners that are erasable after fixed, a pressing roller in contact with a fixing roller of the fixing device is formed in the reversed crown shape and a sheet of paper is surely pulled to both...

20060088351 - Residual toner damming assembly: A residual toner damming assembly is provided for use in a toner imaging machine having a moving toner image carrying surface and a cleaning blade for removing residual toner particles from the toner image carrying surface. The residual toner damming assembly includes (a) a sealing member for locating against the...

20060088352 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a cleaning member for cleaning an image carrier after a toner image on the image carrier has been transferred; a toner recycling device for conveying toner removed by the cleaning member to a developing device; a collection section where the toner removed by the cleaning...

20060083521 - Supply status indicator: A device has a consumable device component. A supply status indicator indicates a status of the consumable device component to at least one of a first host computer and the device. The supply status indicator includes a suppressed state....

20060083522 - Systems and methods for end-of-life prediction: Determining an end-of-life prediction of a replaceable cartridge may be accomplished by analyzing input parameters independent of the cartridge, in addition to parameters of the cartridge. An event count denoting a consumption event is read from a memory in the replaceable cartridge. A current consumption status of the replaceable cartridge...

20060083523 - Apparatus and method for automatically adjusting toner density in a color printer: An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting toner density in a color printer,. The apparatus includes a toner quantity adjusting module for reading remaining toner quantities from a plurality of cartridges, respectively, comparing a lowest level of the remaining toner quantities with a reference remaining quantity range to determine whether...

20060083525 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus in which a reduction in image density when continuous sheet supply endurance is effected under a low-humidity environment is prevented, and under a high-humidity environment, an image deletion is prevented. A photosensitive member has an undercoat layer, a charge generating layer and a charge transport...

20060083524 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus satisfying relations Xd>distance Xe between image exposure position and potential detecting member>2×τ×PS×Vc/Vμ×Mc/Mμ and 0<distance Xt between image exposure position and temperature detecting member<50×τ×PS×Vc/Vμ×Mc/Mμ (τ: time constant (sec) in a hole mobility measurement by TF method; PS: process speed (mm/sec); Vc: latent image contrast (V) necessary for...

20060083526 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image bearing member rotatable and bearing a toner image thereon, a transferring apparatus for electrostatically transferring the toner image borne on the image bearing member to a recording material, a cleaning apparatus for electrostatically removing any toner not transferred to the recording material by...

20060083527 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes image forming parts, a developing device and a cleaner to clean at least the intermediate transfer material or the transfer device, wherein at the image forming operation starting time, in each image forming part, after starting the charging, the application of the developing bias is...

20060083528 - Image heating apparatus: In a construction wherein at the start of fixing, a pressure belt is brought into contact with a fixing roller at uniform timing, it has sometimes been the case that the temperature of the pressure belt at a point of time whereat the fixing is started does not become a...

20060083529 - Fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: Disclosed is a fixing apparatus which includes a first rotatable member having an endless configuration, a second rotatable member in pressure contact with the first rotatable member which causes a recording material bearing an image to be nipped and conveyed at a pressure contact portion between the first and second...

20060083530 - Method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a laser printer fuser with faster response time: An improved laser printer is provided that keeps its fuser at a standby temperature that is somewhat raised above the ambient temperature, which allows the printer to operate more quickly (to begin printing the first page) when a print job arrives at the printer. The time needed to raise the...

20060083531 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member bearing thereon a toner image charged to a predetermined polarity, a transferring device for electrostatically transferring the toner image borne on the image bearing member to a recording material, first and second cleaning members for electrostatically removing from the image bearing...

20060083533 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus for executing a job by using a job parameter set including a combination of values of various setup items which define an operation condition of the job as a work unit, the image processing apparatus provided with: a job parameter memory for memorizing a plurality of...

20060083532 - Print mode switching influenced by job length: A method for controlling printing in a system that prints both single-color and multicolor documents includes determining the number of documents of a print job, ascertaining that a number of consecutive documents of the print job can be printed in a single-color mode, and switching the printer to the single-color...

20060083534 - Image-forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image-forming apparatus configured to form an image on a paper medium is connected to a plurality of auxiliary apparatuses configured to carry out predetermined processes on the paper medium ejected from the image-forming apparatus. An electrical power control unit controls the electrical power supply to at least each of...

20060083537 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises an apparatus body having a document table portion on which a document is placed, a scanning unit provided inside the apparatus body to optically scan an image of the document placed on the document table portion, an image forming unit for...

20060083536 - Image heating apparatus: The invention aims to prevent an image deterioration resulting from a fixing belt rising in temperature too much, and prevent heat of the fixing belt from being transmitted to peripheral members around a fixing apparatus such as a photosensitive drum so as not to adversely effect the peripheral members. A...

20060083535 - System for controlling printer cooling fan: A control system for a cooling fan of a laser printer that enables selection of a multitude of varying fan speeds based on the actual degree of usage of the printer....

20060083538 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus provided with an image bearing member bearing a toner image thereon, a toner image forming device for forming the toner image on the image bearing member, a transferring member for transferring the toner image borne on the image bearing member to a recording medium being moved,...

20060083539 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image bearing members, an electrostatic image forming device for forming an electrostatic image on the image bearing members, a plurality of developing devices for developing as developer images the electrostatic images formed on the plurality of image bearing members by using developer...

20060083540 - Waste developer collecting container for image forming apparatus: A waste toner collecting container which is used in a color image forming apparatus and can be removed from the machine and stores waste toner particles which have not been transferred to recording paper and have been collected, is constructed such that an air sealing member is disposed at the...

20060083541 - Developing device and image forming apparatus provided with same: A developing device is arranged such that Dg<ds<3 Dg, and 3 Dg<dc<6 Dg, where ds is an end gap, Dg is an upstream gap, and dc is a center gap. The gap ds is a gap between a developer tank 4 and either end portion of a developing roller 1...

20060083542 - Image-forming device: A multifunction device includes a scanning unit, an image-forming unit, and a joint holder for supporting the scanning unit on top of the image-forming unit. The joint holder is configured of a rear holder disposed on the upper rear side of the image-forming unit and two side holders disposed on...

20060083543 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion disposed in a detachable manner, an opening and closing member taking a closed position and an open position, a transfer unit disposed at the opening and closing member, as facing the image forming portion, having a belt disposed in a freely...

20060083544 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a process cartridge that is provided in the image forming apparatus to be removable from the image forming apparatus along an attachment-and-detachment path; a first pressing member that is provided to be movable bi-directionally in an advancing direction advancing to the attachment-and-detachment path and in...

20060083545 - Image-forming device: A first cartridge and a second cartridge are detachably mounted in a housing of the image-forming device. The first cartridge is formed thicker than the second cartridge in a thickness direction orthogonal to a mounting direction of the first and second cartridges. The housing has a cartridge-accommodating section that accommodates...

20060083546 - Image forming apparatus to remove jammed paper: An image forming apparatus includes a main body frame, an image forming unit disposed inside of the main body frame to form an image, a door unit disposed in such a manner to make a conjoin rotation to thereby approach to a paper transfer path disposed inside of the main...

20060083547 - Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus: The present invention relates to a sheet feed device comprising a door for supporting one of the rollers of a feed roller pair for feeding a sheet, mounted on the apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed on the one end part side in the roller pair...

20060083548 - Image forming apparatus, charge controlling apparatus, and image forming method: The color printer of the invention comprises a conductive brush roller contacting with a photosensitive drum at a position downstream of a transferring apparatus and upstream of a charging apparatus, collecting at least part of residual toner after transferring on the photosensitive drum temporarily, and expelling the collected toner onto...

20060083549 - Image forming apparatus: It is intended to provide an image forming apparatus capable of conducting charge adjustment of post-transfer residual toner appropriately by securing a contact area of a temporarily-collecting member and an electrode, without applying excessive deformation load to the temporarily-collecting member. There are arranged a brush roller for temporarily collecting post-transfer...

20060083550 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a shaft, a shaft support portion rotatably supporting the shaft, a shaft gear provided at an end portion of the shaft in a lengthwise direction, and a first gear engaged with the shaft gear and rotating the shaft gear. The rotation of the first gear...

20060083551 - Method for forming image forming: Disclosed is an image forming method employing an apparatus comprising a plurality of toner image forming units, which forms a plurality of toner images and transfer them onto an intermediate transferring member in sequence, and the transferred images is transferred onto a recording sheet. The developer is a non-magnetic single...

20060083552 - Waste developer collecting device and image forming apparatus provided therewith: A waste developer collecting device ejects and collects a waste developer used in a developing unit employing a two-component developing system in which a developer that contains toner and carrier is used. The waste developer collecting device includes: an opening and closing section for opening and closing a developer ejection...

20060083553 - Developer replenishment apparatus: The developer replenishment apparatus includes a first developer container for accommodating the developer for replenishment, a first conveyance member disposed in the first developer container to discharge the developer for replenishment through a first opening of the first developer container, a second developer container for receiving the developer for replenishment...

20060083554 - Developing apparatus for image forming apparatus: The developing apparatus includes developer containing parts and a replenishment portion. The developer containing parts contains a developer circularly conveyed in the developer containing parts. The replenishment portion includes a replenish aperture and a regulation surface. The replenishment portion merges a replenishment agent passing through the regulation surface with the...

20060083555 - Image forming device and mounting member for mounting a toner container thereon: A toner container mounting member comprises mounted thereon a plurality of toner containers that perform supply of toner by being themselves rotated. The toner containers are laid in the same direction to be mounted/released from above; a plurality of guiding members that rotatably support the toner containers are integrally formed....

20060083556 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus has an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a developing device for using a developer including toner and carrier, wherein the developing device develops an electrostatic image on a photosensitive member by putting the developer forming a magnetic brush on a developer bearing member including magnetic field generation...

20060083557 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes: a multiple number of process printing units, each having an photoreceptor drum for supporting a developer image formed with a developer corresponding to each color of color-separated image information; a transfer belt to which the developer images formed on the photoreceptor drums are transferred;...

20060083558 - Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration of image when toner image on image bearing member is transferred to intermediate transfer member: An image forming apparatus having: an image bearing member, which bears an electrostatic image thereon; a developing device, which develops the electrostatic image with toner to form a toner image, and an intermediate transfer member, which is in contact with the image bearing member and to which the toner image...

20060083559 - Paper guide device and image forming apparatus having the same: A paper guide device which guides a sheet of paper fed to a nip between an image belt and a transfer roller and an image forming apparatus including the same. The paper guide device includes a first convey guiding unit arranged within a predetermined space from an image belt to...

20060083560 - Fixing device and fixing method: Cleaning brush is provided in the down stream of the cleaning member around the pressing member, and after toner stuck to the pressing member is recovered by the cleaning member, calcium carbonate stuck to the pressing member is recovered by the cleaning brush. Thus the toner volume stuck to the...

20060083561 - Image heating apparatus: A belt nip type fixing apparatus, which prevents a formation of an icicle-like uneven glossiness occurring on a surface of a fixed image due to pressure release in a fixing nip. In addition, an image forming apparatus provided with the fixing apparatus for preventing an occurrence of image failure even...

20060083562 - Image heating apparatus: In an endless belt type image heating apparatus, in accordance with an endless belt contact state, an endless belt rotational speed, and a kind of a recording material, the steering displacement of an endless belt deviation control is determined, and excess the endless belt deviation is prevented by complimenting the...

20060083563 - Used developer cleaning system and image forming apparatus having the same: A used developer cleaning system is provided which removes used developer remaining on an image transmission medium after a developer image has been transferred, and an image forming apparatus having such a used developer cleaning system. The used developer cleaning system includes a cleaning section, a used developer collecting section,...

20060083564 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus comprises: an image reading portion which has a box-shaped first housing with a reading surface, and a scanning device displaceable along the reading surface in the first housing, and reads a first image on a document by relatively displacing the document and scanning device; and an...

20060083565 - Document reader and image forming apparatus: A document size sensor is disposed on a document feed path at a location between a document tray and a juncture and on the front side in the primary scanning direction perpendicular to a document feed direction. The document size sensor is located between a sheet edge position for B4-size...

20060083566 - Imaging device: Embodiments of an imaging device are disclosed. In an example embodiment, first and second trays are provided. The second tray is movable. A roller is also provided that is configured to pick media from the first tray and the second tray, depending upon the position of the second tray....

20060083567 - Image heating apparatus and pad sheet therefor: An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material in a heating nip; a belt for cooperating with the heating rotatable member to form a heating nip; a pad for urging the belt toward the heating rotatable member at the heating nip;...

20060083568 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which can conduct manual double-sided printing without mistaking the rear face of the paper for another paper, is provided. The image forming apparatus for executing manual double-sided printing in which paper is supplied by a user when printing on the rear face of the paper after...

20060083569 - Paper discharging guide unit and wet image forming apparatus having the same: A paper-discharging guide unit for guiding a printing paper to be discharged outside a wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus and for absorbing volatile organic compound gases soaked in the printing paper comprises a guide frame forming a discharge passage for the printing paper, a plurality of guide ribs formed in...

20060078341 - Apparatus and method of transferring image on intermediate medium onto recording medium: As an urging member 50 urges a front surface side roller 48 against a back surface side roller 45, the front surface side roller 48 and the back surface side roller 45 bring an intermediate transfer belt 41 and a recording medium 4 into pressure contact with each other at...

20060078342 - Developing device: A developing device has a voltage application member which is in contact via a toner layer with a developing roller that rotates while holding the toner layer on its outer peripheral surface. A voltage that the voltage application member applies to the toner layer is switched between AC voltage and...

20060078343 - Wet-type image forming apparatus, a toner concentration sensing method, and a method for controlling wet-type image forming apparatus: A wet-type image forming apparatus and method is provided to sense and maintain a toner concentration level of a developer, and includes a counter for counting the number of dots of input print data, a memory for storing an average coverage of a print medium which corresponds to a predetermined...

20060078344 - Image forming apparatus: This invention is intended to control the amount of power to be supplied to a fusing heater below a maximum applicable current value. The engine controller supplies electricity to both of two heating bodies at the same fixed duty D1. At a phase angle al corresponding to the fixed duty...

20060078345 - Methods and systems for configuration-based imaging device accounting: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for configuration-based imaging device accounting wherein costs are calculated based on detailed job parameters derived from job configuration data....

20060078346 - Methods and systems for remote configuration-based imaging device accounting: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for configuration-based imaging device accounting wherein costs are calculated based on detailed job parameters derived from job configuration data....

20060078347 - Voltage switch and electrophotographic color image forming apparatus using the same: A voltage switch for connecting a power supply with a plurality of development units in sequence, and an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus using the voltage switch. In the voltage switch, a first terminal is arranged on a circuit board and is connected to the power supply, and a plurality...

20060078348 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier with an electrostatic latent image formed thereon; a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image, a developer carrier arranged opposite to the image carrier, for allowing the magnetic brush formed by a developer, to be carried on...

20060078349 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a belt member for bearing and moving a toner image; a tension roller for supporting the belt member and imparting tension to the belt member; a transferring device for transferring the toner image borne by the belt member to a recording material; a blade member...

20060078350 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus capable of preventing an image skew by maintaining parallelism of scanning directions between respective photosensitive mediums and between the photosensitive medium and a transfer belt within a certain range. The color image forming apparatus includes an ITU/OPC cartridge, as a single unit, wherein a plurality...

20060078351 - Organophotoreceptors with a charge transport material having multiple vinyl-containing hydrazone groups: R1, R2, R3, and R4 comprise, each independently, H, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an ether group, an ester group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a heterocyclic group, an aromatic group, or a part of a ring group; and (b) a charge generating compound. Corresponding electrophotographic apparatuses, electrophotographic...

20060078352 - Photoconductive drum driving gear device usable with image forming apparatus: A photoconductive drum driving gear usable with an image forming apparatus includes a driving shaft, a driving gear to rotate with the driving shaft in connection with the driving shaft and meshed with a photoconductive drum gear of a process cartridge of the image forming apparatus, and a connection unit...

20060078353 - Charging device, process unit, image forming apparatus, and method for producing rotating member: An image forming apparatus has a latent image supporting body configured by a substrate and a covering layer provided on the substrate; and a charging device which is a rotating body configured by an axis member and a charging member provided on the axis member, and which charges the latent...

20060078354 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus: By rotating a first and a second screw axle, developer is repeatedly cyclically carried from a first developer path, via an opening portion, a second developer path and an opening to return to the first developer path. While being recirculated and carried, the developer is stuck to an external peripheral...

20060078355 - Developer supplying cartridge, developer receiving cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion to a developer receiving opening of a developer receiving cartridge provided with developing...

20060078356 - Developing apparatus: A developing apparatus having a developer carrying member carrying developer including toner, a developer regulating member regulating the layer thickness of the developer carried on the developer carrying member, and a lubricant provided in a contact portion between the carrying member and the regulating member with the developer being not...

20060078357 - Developing device having a voltage application member for applying varied voltages: A developing device 10 has a voltage application member 18 which is in contact via a toner layer with a developing roller 14 that rotates while holding the toner layer on its outer peripheral surface. To the toner layer, the voltage application member 18 applies a relatively low voltage in...

20060078358 - Process cartridge, developing cartridge and developing roller: A developing cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the developing cartridge includes a developing roller, for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, having an elastic roller portion and a shaft portion supporting the elastic roller portion, a developer...

20060078359 - Image forming apparatus: There is described an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to conduct a sufficient discharging operation for a toner image. The apparatus includes an image forming section, an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer belt, a part of which is supported in a state of a flat plane by...

20060078360 - Waste-sludge discharging unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A waste-sludge discharging unit is provided to discharge waste sludge being removed by a cleaning blade from an image carrier. The waste-sludge discharging unit has a waste-sludge receiver to receive waste sludge gravitating from the image carrier. The waste-sludge receiver has an outlet on one side of a bottom thereof....

20060078361 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus adopting the same: A collecting unit to be used in an image forming apparatus having a waste toner storing chamber and a development chamber, the collecting unit including a collection passage connecting the waste toner storing chamber and the development chamber; and a movable first transfer unit provided in the collection passage to...

20060078362 - Paper arranging device, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus with the same: A paper arranging device includes a driving roller and an idle roller disposed adjacent to each other to form a nip, a first sensor to sense a location of moving paper, and a lever having a first end which extends to a perimeter of the nip to block a tip...

20060078363 - Sheet post-process apparatus: In a sheet post-process apparatus of the present invention, a processing tray for loading sheets of paper fed via a standby tray for making ejected sheets of paper stand by or not via the standby tray and a standby tray roller for performing a first operation of making contact with...

20060072928 - Apparatus and method for detecting consumable product engagement in a printing device: An apparatus for detecting the engagement of a consumable in a printing device includes a consumable cartridge having a rotatable member carried by the cartridge, and a drive member configured to engage and rotate the rotatable member. A proximity sensor positioned adjacent an engagement interface between the rotatable member and...

20060072929 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus can easily attach or detach a plurality of attachable and detachable units to or from the apparatus main body as a single unit or individually. An intermediate transfer apparatus is supported on a left guide rail and a right guide rail, and is attachable to and...

20060072930 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt stretched over a plurality of rollers. The apparatus also includes a potential detecting device for detecting a potential of the endless belt. The detecting device is positioned downstream, along a sheet transport path, of a transfer position where the belt has direct...

20060072931 - Heat-fixing device: A heat-fixing apparatus is provided that enables a rise in temperature of a heating member to be closely tracked, and an excessive rise in temperature of the heating member to be obviated, a simple configuration and irrespective of differences in the operating mode, such as immediately after a rise in...

20060072932 - Image forming apparatus for preventing resistance variation of intermediate transfer belt and method thereof: An image forming apparatus for performing a printing job using an intermediate transfer belt is provided. The image forming apparatus has a voltage determination part for determining a predetermined level of a refresh voltage corresponding to a potential difference which is generated on opposite surfaces of the intermediate transfer belt,...

20060072933 - Image forming apparatus: An electrostatic latent image is formed on an image carrier. A plurality of development cartridges include toner and are adapted to face the image carrier at a development position, respectively. The development cartridges cause the toner to adhere onto the image carrier to develop the electrostatic latent image as a...

20060072934 - Cartridge and image forming apparatus: A toner receiving member, which is open upward, is provided at a position vertically below a lower end of a contact surface between a side seal member and a developing roller. The toner receiving member can receive and store toner which has leaked. In addition, when a developing cartridge is...

20060072935 - Adhering pattern and removable protective barrier for a modular printing component: In one embodiment, an adhesive pattern comprises a length of releasable adhesive defining an elongated generally rectangular perimeter having tapered ends. In another embodiment, an adhesive pattern comprises an endless loop of releasable adhesive defining an elongated generally rectangular perimeter having tapered ends....

20060072936 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a first cartridge positioning portion abuttable to a first main assembly positioning portion provided in a main assembly of the apparatus to position the cartridge with respect to a direction crossing the...

20060072937 - Spacer for print cartridge: In one embodiment, an article comprises a spacer configured to increase a dimension of only a portion of a guide part on a print cartridge when the spacer is fastened to the guide part and a fastener allowing the spacer to be removably fastened to the guide part....

20060072938 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A cartridge detachably mountable to an apparatus includes a drum, a developing roller, first and second frames supporting the drum and roller, a coupling member rotatably connecting the frames, a first cartridge positioning portion abuttable to a first main assembly positioning portion positioning the cartridge with respect to a direction...

20060072939 - Print correction for paper shrinkage: A method for printing an input image on a substrate comprising the steps of receiving the input image, transferring a marking material representation of the input image onto the substrate and scaling the input image to account for a change in size of the substrate due to printing....

20060072940 - Color image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and control program for implementing the method: A color image forming apparatus which is capable of preventing deterioration in image formation quality caused by vibrations of a developing unit without halting an image forming operation and using a simple construction. A developing rotary unit incorporates developing devices corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of image formation...

20060072941 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes 1st to Nth image bearing members, 1st to Nth developing units provided in one-to-one correspondence with the 1st to Nth image bearing members, and a transfer unit. N is an integer number equal to or greater than two. The 1st to Nth image members have 1st...

20060072942 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for overlaying toner images of at least two colors on an image carrier, and forming the toner images on a printing medium, counts the perimeter of the image carrier on the basis of a reference signal and a sampling period of a clock count, and sets...

20060072943 - Toner transfer back suppressing color image forming apparatus: A multi color image forming apparatus includes a plurality of stations arranged side by side for forming unique mono-color toner images using mono-color developers each having a different mono-color toner. Each of the plurality of stations includes an image bearing member for bearing a latent image, and a developing device...

20060072944 - Printed circuit board printing system and method: The invention provides a printed circuit board (PCB) printing system. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a liquid electrophotographic printing device. At least one supplier of electrically conductive ink supplying electrically conductive ink to the electrophotographic printing device is also provided. In addition, at least one supplier of dielectric...

20060072945 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device includes a feeding roller for feeding a belt-shaped cleaning member which has been rolled up, and a winding roller for taking up the cleaning member which has been fed from the feeding roller and cleaned the surface of the fixing roller. Each of the feeding roller and...

20060072946 - Image forming apparatus: There is described a fixing device equipped in an image forming apparatus, which employs an electro-photographic method for forming an image on a transfer material, and having a lifetime longer than conventional one. The fixing device includes a first roller having a first elastic layer formed in a cylindrical shape...

20060072947 - Auger for use in an image forming device: A helical auger member for transporting toner in an image forming apparatus. The auger member may be implemented as part of a waste toner removal system for removing toner from a photoconductive member of a toner cartridge. Toner that is removed by a cleaner member is transported through a cleaner...

20060072948 - Motor drive control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and control method for driving mechanisms: A motor drive control apparatus which are capable of improving quietness during operation of a motor without the need of modifying the motor driving circuit and without increasing the load torque on the motor. The motor drive control apparatus is connected to a pulse motor via a driving gear disposed...

20060072949 - Duplex-image reading apparatus and a method for using the same: A duplex-image reading apparatus and a method for the same. The duplex-image reading apparatus comprises a document feeding path along which a document supplied from a document supply tray is passed through an image reading unit for an image reading operation and discharged to the outside of a main body...

20060072950 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a laser scanning unit that irradiates a light. A photoconductive medium forms thereon an electrostatic latent image using the light from the laser scanning unit. A developing roller transfers a developer onto the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductive medium to develop the electrostatic...

20060072951 - Image forming apparatus and a paper feeding apparatus for the same: An image forming apparatus feeds a paper picked up by a pickup roller directly to a photoconductive drum and controls a linear velocity of the pickup roller so that it is slower than that of the photoconductive drum. The different linear velocities of the pickup roller and the photoconductive drum...