Electrophotography inventions 05/06

20060110171 - Image processing system, image processing device, server and program: An image processing system including an image processing device, a service supply unit and an information supply unit is provided. In the system, the image processing device includes a service search data transmission unit, a service determination unit, and a service requesting unit. The information supply unit including a service...

20060110172 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which prevents the rusting of metallic components and paper jams and improves the cooling capability of a heat pipe by ensuring that water droplets do not become adhered to the heat pipe, thereby reducing thermal resistance. A fixing apparatus and a printer...

20060110173 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a cleaning unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, and a control section. On a circumferential surface thereof, the photoreceptor has an image area to have contact with a record medium in an image forming process, and a non-image area. The cleaning unit...

20060110174 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a surface layer; electrostatic image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on the surface layer; developing means, containing at least toner and a carrier, for developing the electrostatic image; density measuring means for measuring a density of the developed...

20060110175 - Image forming apparatus: an image forming apparatus sets the optimum transfer bias based on density of some sets of toner patches formed on an image bearing member or an intermediate transfer member. The toner patches are categorized into at least two groups according to their width in the main scanning direction....

20060110176 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus performing development using light toner of a first color and dark toner of the first color includes a control unit configured to control tone in order to set gradation characteristics of an image developed with the light toner; a determination unit configured to determine whether the...

20060110178 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of containers, a container compartment, and a plurality of indicators. The plurality of containers contains developing agent, and may be arranged in parallel with each other in a first sequential order. The container compartment holds the plurality of containers at varied holding heights....

20060110177 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming system includes a document conveying section that reversely conveys documents such that a front side and back side of the documents pass through a reading position, an image reading section for reading images on the documents conveyed to the reading position and generating image data, an image...

20060110179 - Image forming method and apparatus for convenient replacement of developer container: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one developer container replaceably provided in the image forming apparatus for containing developer, a housing for housing the image forming mechanism and the at least one developer container, and an operation device provided on the...

20060110181 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an output contact movable between an electrical connecting position and a retracted position retracted from the electrical connecting position, a displaceable member for moving the output contact, and an elastic function...

20060110180 - Robust apparatus and method of grounding a drum photoreceptor assembly: A grounding method and apparatus for robustly grounding a photoreceptor assembly, including a conductive photoreceptor drum, in a xerographic image producing machine. The grounding apparatus includes (a) a flange including a first portion having a first diameter and a second portion having a second and smaller diameter; (b) a conductive...

20060110182 - Image forming apparatus including photosensitive body fixing apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive bodies fixing unit. The image forming apparatus includes: a main body frame; a fixing frame on which a plurality of photosensitive bodies are installed, the fixing frame being fixed at a predetermined position on the main body frame; a guide protruding portion formed...

20060110183 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus. In the image forming apparatus, a paper feeder is detachably installed in the image forming apparatus and feeds the paper to the image forming unit. The paper feeder comprises a first paper feed unit for feeding the paper to the image forming unit...

20060110184 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge unit therefore: An image forming apparatus includes a unit including at least two rotary members, and an apparatus main body configured to detachably mount the unit. The apparatus main body includes a first rotation drive source, drive rotary members corresponding to the at least two rotary members and engaging with the at...

20060110185 - Imaging methods, imaging member charging methods, and image engines: Imaging methods, imaging member charging methods, and image engines are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging method includes providing an imaging member having an outer surface comprising a plurality of portions having a plurality of different radii, rotating the portions of the outer surface of the imaging member adjacent...

20060110186 - Liquid development unit: A liquid development unit for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, comprises: a liquid developer comprising an insulative liquid containing therein a toner and an additive; a developer carrier for transporting the liquid developer to a development region opposite the image carrier; a feeder for supplying...

20060110187 - Wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: A wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus detects color per print page and executes printing by turning on only the development bias of a developing unit to be used for printing. The wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a photosensitive medium on which electrostatic latent images are formed according to laser...

20060110188 - Carrier bead pickoff device: A carrier bead pickoff device is provided for removing ferromagnetic carrier beads from a developed image-carrying surface of a moving photoreceptor in an electrostatographic image reproduction machine. The carrier bead pickoff device includes (a) an elongate stationary core having a first elongate segment, and a second elongate segment, the second...

20060110189 - Apparatus for controlling driving of endless belt, and image forming apparatus: To compensate for the variation in the output signal from an encoder due to the variation in the thickness of an endless belt, an apparatus includes: a detector that detects a reference position on the endless belt; a correction-value calculating unit that calculates a correction value for each position on...

20060110190 - Image transfer member, image transfer device and image forming system: An image transfer member, an image transfer device and an image forming system employing the image transfer member and device are disclosed. The image transfer member comprises a base layer, and a surface layer formed from a semi-conductive material above the base layer to receive the developer image transferred from...

20060110191 - Wide latitude printing system: A wide latitude printing system is provided for printing on a wide variety of different types, sizes, formats and weights of media substrates. The wide latitude printing system includes (a) at least one marking engine assembly having an imaging member, devices for forming an image on the imaging member, (b)...

20060110192 - Transfer power supply apparatus of an image forming machine: A transfer power supply apparatus of an image forming machine which can maintain a predetermined degree of the quality of an image on a print medium even when the temperature of the surrounding environment varies. The image forming machine includes a voltage computation unit computing an appropriate voltage corresponding to...

20060110194 - System and method for creating document effects: A system and method for printing a document having one or more document effects. The method comprises determining an electrostatic image to be applied to a sheet of paper that corresponds to an effects pattern, applying an effect toner to the sheet of paper corresponding to the electrostatic image, and...

20060110193 - System and method for creating document finishes on a document using a blend of toners: A system and method for printing a document having one or more document finishes. The method comprises determining an electrostatic image to be applied to a sheet of paper that corresponds to a document finish, applying a finish toner to the sheet of paper corresponding to the electrostatic image, the...

20060110195 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes: process printing units each having a photoreceptor drum; a transfer belt to which toner images are transferred; a transfer roller for transferring, as a whole, the toner images on the transfer belt to recording paper; a cleaning unit for collecting the remaining developers that...

20060110196 - Multicolor security border for documents: A document having enhanced security for deterring the fraudulent photocopying of the subject document by use of a multicolor security border. At least two patterns are printed in the border area of a document, where each of the patterns are a different color and different in color from the background...

20060110197 - Automatic document transportation device: An automatic document transportation device (ADF) includes a transportation path, a resist roller, transportation rollers, a scanning unit, a document discharge roller and a document length sensor. The transportation path is formed from a document tray to a document discharge tray. After a leading edge of an original document fed...

20060110198 - Paper detecting device and image forming apparatus including the same: A paper detecting device includes a paper contact arm, one side of which contacts a surface of a sheet of paper and the other side is connected to a rotating member. A sensor unit senses the rotation of the paper contact arm. An elastic member elastically biases the paper contact...

20060104648 - Consumable-article detecting apparatus, method and program, and image forming apparatus: A consumable-article detecting apparatus used to inform an operator that consumable article is unsuitable for an image forming apparatus includes a physical property detector that detects a physical property value of a consumable article used for the image forming apparatus, and a determination part that determines, based on an output...

20060104649 - Image forming apparatus: The residual potential and charging potential of the surface of a photosensitive drum 20, or the charging potential and exposure potential of the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 are detected by an exposure sensor 28. The lifetime of the photosensitive drum 20 is judged in accordance with the difference...

20060104650 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a toner bottle that contains toner, a supply unit that supplies toner from the toner bottle to a downstream side, a door that is openably provided on the image forming apparatus in order to execute toner replenishment (replacement of the toner bottle), opening/closing sensing means...

20060104651 - Control system for a xerographic transfer station using a belt: An electrostatographic printing apparatus comprises a charge receptor, and a transfer station for transferring a toner image from the charge receptor to a sheet by providing an electric field of predetermined magnitude at a transfer zone. The transfer station includes a rotatable transfer member, with a cleaning corotron associated therewith....

20060104652 - Image forming device and controlling method thereof: The temperature “t” sensed at the end in the longitudinal direction of a heater is compared with a threshold Th and, based on the comparison result, the print speed (throughput) is controlled. The threshold Th is switched according to a predetermined condition. For example, whether the number of times the...

20060104653 - Image forming apparatus and controlling method: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; toner image formation means for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; removing means for removing deposited matter deposited on the image bearing member; detecting means for detecting a toner image to be detected, formed on the toner image...

20060104654 - Method and apparatus for measuring toner concentration: A device to measure toner concentration can include a selector that selects a type of developer material to be measured and a sensor that detects an amount of light reflected off a developer material. A controller within the device can determine a value corresponding to a toner concentration of the...

20060104655 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a housing, and a media tray latchably attached to the housing. The imaging apparatus includes an operational mode that is coupled with a latch of the media tray....

20060104656 - Image formation system with authentication function: A user name entered on a user authentication screen is searched and if it found to be an unregistered user name a different, registered image formation apparatus is asked to act as a proxy to perform user authentication. If the apparatus returns “OK” a decision is made that the authentication...

20060104657 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; an exposing unit for exposing image bearing members to image light; developing means, provided for respective image bearing members, for developing electrostatic latent images formed on said image bearing members by said exposure means into respective toner images; image...

20060104658 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; developing means for developing, with toner, an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member; exposure means, disposed below the image bearing member, having an exposure opening for exposing the image bearing member to scanning light; and toner supply means...

20060104659 - Cleaning unit for cleaning a conveyor belt: A cleaning unit is provided for cleaning of a transport belt for transport of recording media in a electrographic printer or copying device. An abration element is positioned to avoid toner located on the transport belt. A toner capture reservoir captures abraded toner....

20060104660 - Sealing member, toner supply container, and toner supply system: A sealing member for permitting mounting in a toner suppliable state, release from a toner supply state, and a retraction to a container removal position with respect to a developer supply container and for sealing a toner discharge opening of the developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming...

20060104661 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to fix an image formed on a recording material, first open-close means capable of releasing a conveying path to convey the recording material to the fixing unit, and second open-close means releasable upward in a vertical direction together with the intermediate transferring...

20060104662 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention has a first opening and closing unit that is opened to thereby expose said convey path and a second opening and closing unit that have a recording material stacking section and can open the image forming unit to support intermediate transfer. The...

20060104663 - Cartridge for image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mounted to an image forming apparatus is provided with a lock mechanism in a shutter member of opening and closing a toner discharge port, and once the process cartridge is mounted onto an image forming apparatus, the lock mechanism is configured to be unlocked so as...

20060104664 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus has an image forming device including a plurality of image forming units each having an image beating member and attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, and an intermediate transferring member disposed above the plurality of image forming units and bearing toner images transferred...

20060104665 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an apparatus body, a door, a sheet conveyance unit, and a positioning device. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The image forming unit is disposed in the apparatus body. The door is provided in the apparatus body...

20060104666 - Developing unit driving device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit driving device and an image forming apparatus having the same is provided. The developing unit driving device includes a high voltage applying substrate, a reciprocating pusher unit that allows the first terminal and the second terminal formed on the high voltage applying substrate to contact and separate...

20060104667 - Developing solution carrier and wet type image forming apparatus: A developing solution carrier configured to mix developing solution containing therein toner stored in a developing solution tank and convey the developing solution to a predetermined location includes a housing including a first opening connected to the developing solution tank and a second opening formed close to the predetermined location...

20060104668 - Image forming apparatus: In liquid-developing image formation, a ghost image caused by the contact between a photosensitive member and an absorbing roller to collect a surplus liquid developer is prevented by preventing occurrence of a speed difference (relative speed) between a photosensitive member and a porous member (an absorbing roller) and by keeping...

20060104669 - Electrostatic developing toner: An electrostatic developing toner which can effectively suppress image fogging*1 by setting a ratio (d/D) of the average particle diameter D of the toner and the average particle diameter d of iron oxide particles contained in the toner as a colorant to within a predetermined range, and by setting the...

20060104670 - Developer replenishing apparatus: A developer replenishing apparatus including a first developer container for containing a developer to be replenished to a developing apparatus, a second developer container for containing the developer to be replenished to the first developer container, a first replenishing mechanism for replenishing the developer in the first developer container to...

20060104671 - Developer supply container: A developer supply container is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus having a receiving opening for receiving a developer and a shutter for opening and closing the receiving opening, the developer supply container includes an engaging portion which is engageable with the shutter and movable to open and close...

20060104673 - Developer supply container and image forming apparatus: A developer supply container detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a developer discharge opening to be disposed opposite to a developer receiving opening of the apparatus main assembly; an operation member capable of performing a moving operation in a mounted state of the container;...

20060104672 - Powder container, powder contained product, powder container manufacturing method, powder contained product reusing method, toner container and toner contained product: A toner container for supplying and/or replenishing toner into a development apparatus of image forming apparatus, by being engaged with the rotation transfer member of the development apparatus and being rotated about a center axis of the toner container integrally with the rotation transfer member. The toner container is structured...

20060104674 - Image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus having: a first developer carrying member close to a developer regulating member for regulating an amount of developer; a second developer carrying member to which the developer is delivered from the first developer carrying member; and a mode for removing the toner on the surface of the...

20060104675 - Apparatus and process for forming a printing form having a cylindrical support: The invention pertains to an apparatus and a process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having a cylindrical support, and in particular, to an apparatus and a process for thermally treating the photosensitive element to form a relief pattern and particularly to form a cylindrically-shaped flexographic printing...

20060104676 - Dampening mechanism for an image forming apparatus: There is provided a system and mechanism for substantially reducing or substantially eliminating vibration or noise of a doctor blade of an image forming apparatus during operation. The system and mechanism provided includes at least one contact in communication with a doctor blade surface, e.g., a front surface, to substantially...

20060104677 - Endless belt device and image forming apparatus using the device: An endless belt device includes an endless belt and a plurality of rotary members rotatably supporting the endless belt. One of the plurality of rotary members includes a marker formed on a part of a circumferential surface of a rotation axis thereof. A reflection-type sensor is arranged to oppose the...

20060104678 - Xerographic transfer station using a belt: An electrostatographic printing apparatus comprises a charge receptor, and a transfer station for transferring a toner image from the charge receptor to a sheet. The sheet passes through a nip formed between the charge receptor and a moving transfer belt. Upstream of the nip, the belt forms a shallow angle...

20060104679 - Fluoroelastomer members and curing methods using biphenyl and monofunctional amino hydrocarbon: A fuser member with a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer of a fluoroelastomer, and the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by: a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer; b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and a monofunctional amine hydrocarbon compound to form a homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution; and c) subsequently...

20060104680 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive body with a developer to form a developer image. The developer image on the photosensitive body is transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt...

20060104681 - Image forming apparatus: A support member for supporting a cleaning blade of an upstream side is arranged between a charging roller of an image forming unit of the upstream side and a developing sleeve of an image forming unit of a downstream side. The support member is formed using a conductive member (metallic...

20060104682 - Image recording apparatus and image reading apparatus: An image recording apparatus which accepts image data and records an image based on thus accepted image data on a sheet comprises storage means which stores predetermined patterns and means which records the patterns outside a recording area for the image, during recording of the image on the sheet....

20060104683 - Scanning method and an image-processing device including the same: An original comprises a first page and a second page as disposed face-down on the platen surface of an image-processing device. The platen is scanned to form a platen image. The positions of two diagonally-opposite corners of the original are determined based on a fixed platen reference point. An original...

20060104684 - Electricity waste suppressing original document size detection apparatus: An original document reading apparatus includes a plurality of point light source elements (e.g. a LED array) in a main scanning direction beneath an original document table, a moving device that moves the point light source elements in a sub scanning direction, and a photo acceptance unit that accepts light...

20060104685 - Printer and supply unit for the printer: A printer for printing a substrate, including a print unit and a supply unit for holding a substrate and delivering the substrate for transport to the print unit, wherein the supply unit is provided with a member for receiving a core on which the substrate is wound, whereby the member...

20060104686 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: an intermediate transfer belt having a belt surface on which a toner image is formed while the belt surface is moved and transferring the toner image that has been formed on the belt surface onto a sheet to be fed by a feed section; a...

20060104687 - System for copying onto tab stock: A copier includes an input scanner for recording images from an input sheet moving in an input process direction, yielding image data, and a print engine for printing an image based on the image data on an output sheet moving in an output process direction. The input sheet is fed...

20060104688 - Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and program: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body and a peripheral unit operable to transport a recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a communication device for communicating with the peripheral unit and a controller for controlling transporting the recording medium by the peripheral unit using a communication...

20060098992 - Diagnostic device, diagnostic system, diagnostic method, program and storage medium: A diagnostic system that effectively presents optimum products to the users by effectively using information about the use history of an image forming apparatus used by the users and other information specific to the image forming apparatus that may be stored in advance. The diagnostic system includes a management device...

20060098993 - Method and apparatus for verifying genuineness of a consumable part: A method and apparatus are disclosed for verifying genuineness of consumable parts. The method for verifying genuineness of a consumable part comprises mounting a consumable part and detecting resistance value of a resistor coupled to the consumable part. The method generates encoded data by encoding the resistance value through an...

20060098994 - Optical scanning device: A laser-control circuit board is mounted in a scanner to extend substantially parallel to a base plate, a bottom cover, and a top cover of the scanner. A synchronization detection element is attached to the under surface of the laser-control circuit board. A light beam is emitted from a light...

20060098995 - Device and method for measuring quantity of residual toner, image forming apparatus having such a device: An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the quantity of residual toner contained in a toner cartridge, and an image forming apparatus having such a device. The inventive device for measuring the quantity of residual toner comprises a controller and a residual toner data memory. The controller selects one...

20060098996 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention aims to reduce the time period of the start up operation of an image forming apparatus corresponding to an image forming apparatus operating environment. The present invention provides an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a toner image forming unit for forming a toner image...

20060098997 - Method and apparatus for measuring color tone density of multipass color printer: A method and apparatus for measuring the color tone density of an image output from a multipass color printer consumes a minimum of time by using a test pattern that includes test patches for all of the developing units in the printer. The method includes developing a test pattern, which...

20060098998 - Image forming apparatus: An electrostatic latent image associated with image data is formed on an image carrier. A developer includes a container containing toner a roller facing the image carrier and causing the toner to adhere onto the image carrier to develop the electrostatic image with the toner as a image, and an...

20060098999 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a photoreceptor on which a toner image is formed by a charging device, an image exposure device and a developing device; and a transfer section for transferring the toner image on the photoreceptor. DC bias and AC bias voltage is applied to a development roller...

20060099000 - Method and device for controlling the time at which the toner concentration is measured in a developer mixture containing toner and carriers, and corresponding printer or copier: In a method or apparatus for control of a point in time of a measurement of toner concentration in a developer mixture comprising toner and carrier, and wherein the developer mixture is mixed by a bucket roller provided with buckets, a toner concentration sensor is arranged for measurement of the...

20060099002 - Fixing unit, image forming apparatus including the same, and method of controlling the fixing unit: A fixing unit, an image forming apparatus including the same, and a method of controlling the fixing unit are provided. The fixing unit includes a heating element to apply heat to a printing medium to fix a transferred image thereon, a temperature sensor to sense temperature of the heating element,...

20060099001 - Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit is provided with a fixing belt that heats recording paper that bears and moves a toner image, an exciting coil that generates magnetic flux in the fixing belt and causes the fixing belt to produce heat by electromagnetic induction, and a heat production adjustment section that adjusts...

20060099003 - Optional apparatus for image forming apparatus: An optional apparatus for an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a print medium, which is detachably connected to the image forming apparatus and performs predetermined optional processing for a print medium supplied from the image forming apparatus, is provided. The optional apparatus includes a storage battery which...

20060099004 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries a developer image; a transfer member that transfers the developer image carried on the image carrier onto an image forming surface of a recording medium being conveyed; a fixation member that is disposed downstream of the transfer member in a...

20060099005 - Image forming apparatus with a proximity charger roller: A proximity charger roller is disposed in proximity to a surface of an image carrier and uniformly charges an effective charging area of the image carrier. Abutting portions abut on the image carrier at its both edges which are located on the outer side of the effective charging area, thereby...

20060099006 - Apparatus and method for replenishing a developing device with toner while suppressing toner remaining: A toner replenishing device includes a toner conveyance path for connecting a toner storing device with a developing device, a toner conveying device for conveying the toner from the toner storing device to the developing device along the toner conveyance path, and an air supplying device connected to the toner...

20060099007 - Original cover closer and office equipment including original cover closer: The present invention has been developed to solve the above problem and its object is to provide an original cover closer which has a simple structure and reduced cost and can increase the stability of the original cover during the opening and the closing to thereby improve its operability, and...

20060099008 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus that forms an image using an intermediate transfer member, and that improve the accuracy of position of the intermediate transfer member with respect to an apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus transfers the image formed on a photosensitive drum onto an intermediate...

20060099009 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the same: In a developing device of the present invention, the ratio of the volume of a two-ingredient type developer to the capacity of a space storing the developer is selected to range from 40% to 75%. A carrier, forming part of the developer, is made up of a core and a...

20060099010 - Silencer for an imaging device photoreceptor: A silencer secured to the inside of a drum, for example, by an adhesive, is directly attached to flanges on either end of the silencer and drum. The flanges may be attached to the silencer without the need for a compression fit, for example, by sonically welding the flanges to...

20060099011 - Application roller and image forming apparatus: An application roller comprises inclined sections which monotonously extend from central parts of peaks to the bottom of grooves. Hence, a liquid developer (a carrier liquid and toner particles) remaining on wall surfaces of the grooves of the application roller and the like without moving to a developer roller from...

20060099012 - Toner container, toner supply device and image forming apparatus: A toner container for installation in a toner supply device is provided. The toner container includes a toner accommodation member and a cap member freely attachable to and detachable from the toner accommodation member. The toner accommodation member includes a bag member having an opening, and a connection member attached...

20060099013 - Electrophotographic color image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic color image forming apparatus, having: a plurality of photosensitive media; a plurality of transfer rollers respectively facing the plurality of photosensitive media; and a belt disposed between the photosensitive media and the transfer rollers and circulating while forming a plurality of transfer nips. When a length of the...

20060099014 - Image forming apparatus:

20060099015 - Fixing device: A fixing device has a fixing roller including an inside roller, an outside roller and a regulation member. The regulation member is disposed outside of both ends of the outside roller in the axial direction to regulate axial movement of the outside roller. An axial length of the contact face,...

20060099016 - Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device cleans off a toner from a surface of a member rotating in a first direction. The cleaning device includes a blade made of an elastic material including a tip portion with a slanting portion that is pressed against the surface in a second direction counter to the...

20060099017 - Mobile paper guide: A mobile paper guide in an automatic document feeder (ADF) is comprised of draft platen, motor, connection rod, and paper guide plate; the rod including a knob inserted onto the rod, an arm extending from the knob for the rod to rotate as driven by platen; the rod and the...

20060099018 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus for capturing images of a document includes a scan module, a control unit and a document feeder. The scan module is for scanning the document while the document feeder is for feeding the document to the scan module. The document feeder includes a paper tray, a...

20060099019 - Systems and methods for simplex and duplex image on paper registration: Systems and methods of registering a sheet in an image reproduction, e.g.,. a xerographic, device use sheet parameters regardless of the tray or bin with which the sheets are associated, separate tallies of sheet registration correction factors for both sides of a sheet, and use registration errors detected on a...

20060099020 - Process and machine for conditioning paper printed by means of digital printing systems: The process comprises the creation of a surface moistened on one of the faces of the paper by natural condensation droplets created by refrigerating said laminar support on the opposite face, adapting the continuous web of printed paper on said surface in a zone of variable tangency to achieve regular...

20060093380 - Mode information conversion device, image forming device and image forming system: A mode information conversion device connected to a terminal and an image forming device which performs a printing operation. The mode information conversion device comprises an unit for receiving first mode information transmitted from the terminal, in which a user request to the image forming device is reflected; an unit...

20060093381 - Method and apparatus for obtaining refilled toner data: An apparatus and method for obtaining data regarding toner refilled in an image forming apparatus, to achieve the highest printing quality using the refilled toner. The method includes checking whether the image forming apparatus has been refilled with toner; checking whether toner identification information is present, when the image forming...

20060093382 - System and method for accurately tracking printable material: Systems for the accurate rendering of printed material are disclosed. A system may comprise a substrate, a roller in close contact with the substrate, and a motion sensor that tracks the motion of the roller. A substrate is advanced by an advancement mechanism towards a printing mechanism, and a roller...

20060093383 - Systems and methods for single wire communication and interaction with a customer replaceable unit monitor: Single-wire data communications with data storage memory units that may be coupled with a wirelessly energized power supply is enabled in electronic monitoring modules in customer replaceable units (CRUs) such as toner bottles in image forming devices. Communication between modularly designed office equipment and installed CRUs may include data transmission...

20060093385 - Image-forming device and cartridge: An image-forming device has a developer-accommodating section and a residual toner detecting unit. The developer-accommodating section accommodates a developer. The developer-accommodating section defines a plurality of detection light transmitting points through which a detection light is transmitted to detect an amount of developer accommodated in the developer-accommodating section. The residual...

20060093384 - Imaging cartridge status indicator: An imaging cartridge includes a housing having a reservoir for holding a supply of imaging material. The housing can be inserted into an imaging device and includes an indicator window. A status indicator contained within the housing is configured to be made visible through the indicator window following a triggering...

20060093386 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member moving in a predetermined direction; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member; a detecting device for detecting an image to be detected on the moving image bearing member at a detection position; a controller for...

20060093387 - Image forming apparatus: In a laser beam printer, even when an inexpensive CPU having low throughput capacity is used, stable power can be obtained by following a sudden change in temperature of a laser chip. A control unit sets a scanning cycle for performing the automatic power control based on ambient temperature of...

20060093388 - Power supply apparatus and heating apparatus and image forming apparatus: A period of a first edge, a voltage change in a first direction of a first pulse signal fed from a zero-crossing detecting circuit, is detected. A second edge, a voltage change in a second direction opposite to the first direction, is generated when a time period equal to half...

20060093389 - Image formation apparatus, control method of operation screen display, and control program of operation screen display: An image formation apparatus has a timer, a reset unit and a controller. The timer measures time for a non-operation state of an operation screen. The reset unit initializes a setting of the operation screen when the non-operation state of the operation screen continues for a predetermined period. The controller...

20060093390 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes a photoconductive drum, a discharge electrode which discharges corona onto a surface of the photoconductive drum, and a cleaning member which cleans the discharge electrode by moving on the discharge electrode. The image forming device further includes a detection device, which is arranged on one...

20060093391 - Color image forming device: A color printer is disclosed which includes a photosensitive drum, a rotary developing device, a laser unit, a toner container, and a toner supply device. The rotary developing device is located adjacent to the photosensitive drum and includes a plurality of developing units corresponding to a plurality of colors. The...

20060093393 - Compact contamination reducing multi-corona system and method for reducing contamination of surfaces being acted upon by corona generating devices: Apparatus and methods reduce, and preferably prevent, contamination of a surface or component to be charged or acted upon by a corona generating device. When a voltage is applied to the corona generating device, corona winds having a plurality of corona vortices are formed. Air is pulled via at least...

20060093394 - Image forming apparatus with filtering function: An image forming apparatus includes a first air flow channel that has an air inlet, an exhaust outlet and filters. As air in the image forming apparatus is externally discharged along the first air flow channel, byproducts generated in the image forming apparatus are removed by the filters. The image...

20060093392 - Oxidation of volatile organic compounds in electrographic printing: An apparatus for oxidizing volatile organic compounds from an electrographic printer may comprising a) a printer system that vents a gas stream containing volatile organic compounds to a first inlet; b) a first mast transfer element transmitting the gas stream to a catalytic treatment system, c) The catalytic treatment system...

20060093395 - Image forming apparatus and belt device: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of rollers including at least one drive roller to be rotatively driven; a belt passed around the plurality of rollers; and a press member which is disposed opposite the drive roller with the belt interposed therebetween and presses the belt against the drive...

20060093396 - Image forming apparatus mounted with an open and close unit: An image forming apparatus includes a first frame plate and a second frame plate, which has an extended portion horizontally extending by a predetermined length compared with the first frame plate. The first and second frame plates are oppositely disposed spaced apart by a predetermined width from each other. An...

20060093397 - Image forming device: An image forming device is obtained in which a carrying member provided at an openable/closable door can accurately be positioned to a photoconductive drum. A printer includes a housing having an openable/closable door, a drum as a photoconductive drum for image formation, a guide member, and a transfer roll. The...

20060093398 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes a plurality of process cartridges for a plurality of colors. A plurality of drive transmitting members are provided in one to one correspondence with the process cartridges. Each drive transmitting member is capable of shifting between an engaged position for transmitting a driving force to the...

20060093399 - Process cartridge in image-forming device: A cartridge that can be detachably mounted in an image-forming device includes: a first wall; a second wall opposing the first wall with a gap formed therebetween, the first wall and the second wall defining therebetween a developer-accommodating section that accommodates a developer; and a reinforcing part spanning between the...

20060093400 - Developing unit and electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit and an electro-photographic image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The developing unit includes a housing and a photosensitive medium, which has an end exposed to the outer side of the housing and that is rotatably mounted on the housing. A photosensitive medium shutter shields the...

20060093403 - Color image developing device: A full color image developing device for a color printer is disclosed, in which a black developing unit employs a magnetic one-component developing system, and color developing units (except for black) employ a non-magnetic one-component toner. The diameters of the non-magnetic developing rollers are set smaller than those of the...

20060093401 - Color image forming device: An image forming device is disclosed, and includes a photosensitive drum, a laser unit for irradiating the photosensitive drum with laser light, developing units for developing the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive drum, a toner container for containing toner to be supplied to the developing device,...

20060093402 - Image forming device: An image forming device is disclosed which is provided with a simple lock mechanism for locking the position of the developing units on a rotary frame during toner supply. In the lock mechanism, a solenoid is turned off and a rod is moved downward by a spring so that a...

20060093404 - Liquid toner electrophotographic printing systems and methods: A liquid developer imaging system comprising a developing container for receiving a quantity of developing solution, a sensing system for maintaining a predetermined processing level of developing solution within the container, a developer roller connected to a first power supply source that biases the developer roller to a development voltage,...

20060093405 - Toner supply device: A toner supply device is disclosed that supplies toner contained in a toner container to a developing device in an image forming device. The toner supply device includes a conveyance pipe for conveying the toner from the toner container to the developing device downward, and at least one supply pipe...

20060093406 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus incorporating: an image forming body; and a developing unit having a developer carrier, a magnetic field generator, a developer restriction member, a first conveyer, and a second conveyer, wherein the magnetic field generator has: a main magnetic pole; pickup magnetic pole; and a strip-off magnetic pole,...

20060093407 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: A developer regulation member for use in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the developer regulation member forming a thin developer layer by coming in contact with developer conveyed on a developer carrying member, wherein the developer regulation member comprises titanium or titanium compound excluding TiN and TiBN....

20060093408 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes plural developing units that respectively form toner images of different colors on plural photoreceptors, plural primary transferring devices that successively transfer each of the toner images of the plural photoreceptors onto an intermediate transfer belt, which holds a color toner image transferred and superimposed...

20060093409 - Apparatus for and method of printing a mono-color image using a single-pass color printer: Apparatus and method are provided for printing a mono-color image using a single-pass color printer. According to the apparatus and method, dummy toner images are developed onto the photosensitive substances that do not perform an image forming operation so as to correspond to a non-image region of an intermediate transfer...

20060093410 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt, a driving roller for revolving the intermediate transfer belt, a belt conveyer unit including at least one driving motor for driving the driving roller, an encoder, and a system controller. The encoder detects the rotation speed of the driving roller. The...

20060093411 - Fixing device: A fixing device is provided including a plurality of supporters, an endless belt movably supported by the supporters in a main direction, a heat source which heats the endless belt, and a pressing element which presses on the endless belt. Two bridging portions of the belt extend between the supporters,...

20060093412 - Fusing assembly having a temperature equalizing device: A fusing assembly includes (a) a first member having a first edge, a second edge and an end-to-end axis; (b) a second member forming a fusing nip with the first member, and the fusing nip being located between the first edge and the second edge of each of the first...

20060093415 - Fusing roller and fusing apparatus adopting the same: A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus using the same are provided. The fusing roller includes a coil unit resistance heated by a predetermined alternating current, and an alternating magnetic flux is generated by the alternating current. A heating roller unit is heated by an induced current generated by the...

20060093414 - Fusing roller and fusing apparatus using the same: A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus using the same are provided. The fusing roller includes a coil unit resistance heated by a predetermined alternating current, and generating an alternating magnetic flux by the alternating current. A heating roller unit is heated by an induced current generated by the alternating...

20060093413 - Induction heating fixing device and image forming apparatus: An induction heating fixing device includes: a heating member for heating a recording medium while rotating along a paper passing direction, and an induction heating unit for heating the heating member, wherein: the heating unit has a plurality of induction coils arranged by being divided in an axial direction of...

20060093417 - Fixing device: A fixing device is provided comprising a pressing element which presses and contacts a supporter on an upstream side or a downstream side of an endless belt. Two bridging portions of the endless belt extend between the supporters, one bridging portion is tensed because one end of the bridging portion...

20060093416 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device and an image forming apparatus having the fixing device are provided. The fixing device includes at least two support members, a belt wound on the support members and supported to be movable in a circumferential direction of the support members, a heating member compressed to the belt,...

20060093418 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same: A fixing device and an image forming apparatus are provided that shorten warming-up time, reduce power consumption and deviation of a belt, and surely fix a toner image onto a sheet. Support members and a pressurizing member contact each other with pressure at an upstream side and a downstream side...

20060093419 - Image forming apparatus and sheet conveying apparatus: When a recording material is conveyed to a double surface conveying portion, a second conveying roller pair is forward driven to convey the recording material conveyed by a first conveying roller pair forward driven. A control portion performs control so that the driving of the second conveying roller pair is...

20060093420 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for heat fixing a toner image on a recording material, a discharge device for discharging the recording material on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing device; a blowing device for blowing air onto a lower surface of the recording...

20060093421 - Tandem printing apparatus with a center positioned dual finisher station: A tandem printing system includes two printers separated by a dual finisher station centered between the two printers. The system's two input/output terminals are controlled to act as one high-speed print engine. With this arrangement, improved productivity is realized if one printer is not functional (i.e., 50% instead of 0%)....