Electrophotography inventions 09/06

20060210284 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control program thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided, in carrying out an image forming operation using a paper sheet, that uses a sheet containing a wireless tag that stores an address storing control information for performing an optimum image forming. The image forming apparatus obtains the address from the wireless tag using...

20060210285 - Image forming apparatus and a storage controlling method for information on an improper detachment of a developer cartridge to be written in a cartridge storage means: When an apparatus is turned on, one developer is positioned to a reading/writing position (Step #52) and a specific area of a cartridge memory is read (Step #54) to judge whether or not an improper detachment flag is set (Step #56). Unless the improper detachment flag is set (NO in...

20060210286 - Method of detecting double feed in image forming apparatus: Provided is a method of detecting double feed in an image forming apparatus. The method includes generating a barcode signal by detecting a barcode pattern using a reflective optical sensor while conveying a sheet of paper on which a barcode is printed, and determining that double feed has occurred when...

20060210287 - Fixing device usable with an image forming apparatus: A fixing device usable with an image forming apparatus having a fixing roller to fix a toner on a recording medium, a heater to heat the fixing roller, and a power supplier to supply an electric power to the heater includes a relay interposed between the power supplier and the...

20060210288 - Image forming apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a plurality of supporting members on which the belt is trained; magnetic flux generating means, disposed outside of the belt, for generating heat in the belt by a magnetic flux, the magnetic flux generating...

20060210290 - Apparatus and method for forming image: An image forming apparatus according to embodiments of the invention includes: a reading unit that reads an image to generate original image data; an image-quality control unit that controls the image quality of the generated original image data; a file generating unit that generates an electronic file containing intermediate image...

20060210289 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a history storage portion for storing the usage history involving the number of prints of the image forming apparatus, and a processing time controller for changing the time of the pre-processing operation before or the time of the post-processing operation after a printing process of...

20060210291 - Fixing device of image forming apparatus: A fixing device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention enables induction heating coils for a 100 V power source to set a ratio of inductance L to load resistance R of a heat roller to L/R <35×10−6 (H/Ω) and coil impedance Z (Ω) to Z<10 (Ω) and...

20060210293 - Fixing apparatus and heating apparatus control method: A fixing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a first non-contact temperature detecting section which detects a surface temperature of a heat roller in the vicinity of a heating apparatus, a second non-contact temperature detecting section which is provided in non-contact with a surface of each...

20060210292 - Fixing device of image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, in arrival timing of a temperature falling area of a heat roller passing a nip at opposite position γ of an induction heating coil from temperature detection position β by an infrared temperature sensor around the heat roller,...

20060210294 - Heating apparatus, heating apparatus control method and noncontact thermal sensing device: A fixing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a non-contact temperature detecting element 81 allocated in non-contact with a heat roller, the sensing element detecting a temperature of the heat roller. The non-contact temperature sensing section 81 comprises a thermopile P which detects a target temperature...

20060210295 - Device and method for obtaining appearance information: A device has first and second units that lights an object at first or second incident angles; a unit that generates image signals according to the intensity of the received light; units that guides diffusely and specularly reflected light from the object to the image-input unit; units that generates glossiness...

20060210297 - Image forming apparatus and printing control method therefor: The present invention is an image forming apparatus having no two-sided printing mechanism in which, by setting a front side printed paper sheet in a manual paper feed section, the paper sheet is taken from the manual paper feed section and a back side printing is executed. At this moment,...

20060210296 - Image forming apparatus in which cutting mark is given to image data: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of image data; a sheet discharge tray on which the sheet with the image that has been formed, is stacked; and a controller that controls image formation. The image forming apparatus...

20060210298 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium. A heat source is applied with power for generating heat to thereby heating the heating device. A drive circuit includes a storage capable of being selectively charged or...

20060210299 - Variable force biasing mechanism and electrical connection: A biasing mechanism in an image forming apparatus exerts a variable force on a removable cartridge unit to generate a nip force between a roller in the cartridge unit and another roller. A pivot member is fixed to the apparatus housing. An arm is pivotally mounted in the housing about...

20060210300 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has: an image bearing member that bears a toner image and moves; a transfer means that transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer medium; a first eliminating member that comes in contact with the image bearing member and collects and eliminates...

20060210301 - Image forming apparatus and seal portion for use in the same: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming apparatus main unit; an image carrier provided in the image forming apparatus main unit; at least one developing device supported retractable from the image carrier; and a developer supply portion adapted to supply developer to the developing device, wherein: a developer inlet...

20060210304 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: A plurality of process cartridges, each including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, and a process device actable on the photosensitive drum, are detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image of a recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes an opening and closing member; an intermediate transfer...

20060210302 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus in which a mount location of a developing unit being mounted on a main body of the apparatus is aligned in advance so that the developing unit smoothly enters the main body. For this purpose, a recording medium feed cover opens and closes the...

20060210303 - Tandem type image-forming apparatus: In an image-forming apparatus, a main device body has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. An opening is formed in the first side surface. A cover covers the opening and is capable of opening and closing thereon. A plurality of process...

20060210305 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively positioning a supporting member: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof, an image bearing member supporting member configured to support the image bearing member, a sliding member having a guide portion, a positioning member configured to be detachably positioned at a given position...

20060210306 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: a housing; a supporter located in the housing, a plurality of developing apparatus attachable to and detachable from the supporter; and a restricting unit that restricts movement of the supporter while at least one developing apparatus supported by the supporter is inside the housing. The...

20060210307 - Image forming apparatus and belt unit: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one guide member arranged in parallel, and a belt unit to be inserted into and removed from the image forming apparatus. The belt unit includes a belt, at least two rotating supports, a supporting frame,...

20060210308 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus which includes a rotating image-bearing body, a charging section, an exposure section, a developing section, a transfer section, and a residue toner-charging section. The charging section charges the image-bearing body. The exposure section forms an electrostatic latent image on the image-bearing body that has been charged....

20060210310 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In an image forming apparatus using simultaneous developing and cleaning type developing units, this invention installs brush members to disturb toners remaining on photosensitive drums movably in the direction to contact with photosensitive drums corresponding to the displacement of the surfaces of the photosensitive drums by empty weights and keep...

20060210309 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming image: There is provided an image forming apparatus comprising a developing device containing a toner having an average particle diameter of 2 to 5 μm and a spherical degree of 1 to 1.2, and a transfer member which is pressed against the image carrier by a pressing force having a total...

20060210311 - Image forming device: An object of the invention is to provide an image forming apparatus being excellent in cleaning property for an electrophotographic photoreceptor and capable of forming a high-quality, high-resolution image. A surface free energy (γ) of a photoreceptor (2) which is provided in the image forming apparatus (1) and is exposed...

20060210312 - Apparatus for producing images: An apparatus for producing images of the invention improves the driving accuracy of an intermediate transfer belt and a photoreceptor drum and synchronizes variations in revolving speed of the intermediate transfer belt and the photoreceptor drum, thereby effectively holding down generation of jitter. In the apparatus for producing images, the...

20060210313 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively adjusting respective phases of image bearing members: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoreceptors configured to bear respective images, a phase detecting unit configured to perform a phase detection so as to detect respective phases of the plurality of photoreceptors, a phase adjusting unit configured to perform a phase adjustment so as to adjust the...

20060210314 - Image forming apparatus with rotary unit that can accommodate a plurality of development cartridges: A development rotary unit is made loadable with a development cartridge having no conditioning fin and containing a black toner in addition to a development cartridge containing a black toner and having a conditioning fin for agitating and re-supplying the toner contained therein. In the case of formation of an...

20060210315 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developing section in which an image is developed by using liquid toner. The liquid toner has passed through the developing section is conveyed in a first path by gravity. A tank is adapted to store a carrier liquid, and is connected to a second...

20060210316 - Systems and methods for electron charging particles: Electron charging of particles, as may be associated with electrographic and/or xerographic image forming devices, powder coat finishing devices and/or guns, or the like, is performed by subjecting a stream of particles to electron bombardment from at least one electrode overcoated with nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes. An alternating electric...

20060210317 - Cartridge and method for filling a consumable into the cartridge: A cartridge includes a case that accommodates a consumable therein, a land area that protrudes from a surface of the case, and a recess that is formed on a reverse side of the surface at a position corresponding to the land area, a reverse side of a deepest portion of...

20060210318 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developer bent is provided on the wall of the developer container housing developer comprising toner and carrier for the developing device to overflow developer. The sectional shape of the discharge dam forming the developer bent in the vertical direction to the developer bent is such that the top part...

20060210319 - Agent containing unit having improved usability, agent refill unit, and image forming apparatus: An agent containing unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a container, a discharge port unit, and a support plate. The container stores an agent and has an opening on one end portion of the container. The discharge port unit is attached to the opening of the container,...

20060210320 - Toner supplying system for an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image carrier configured to have a latent image formed thereon, a developer carrier configured to supply toner, and a conveying member configured to receive toner from the developer carrier and to convey the toner to the image carrier. The conveying member includes first and...

20060210321 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus: A developing unit is provided, which comprises a developer accommodating section to accommodate developer; a developing member to provide said developer accommodated in said developer accommodating section to an image carrying body by rotating; a developer layer forming member to forming a developer layer by shaving said developer on surface...

20060210323 - Endless belt type transferring apparatus and image forming apparatus: An endless belt transports a recording medium through image forming sections and transfers toner images from corresponding ones of the image forming sections onto the recording medium. The endless belt has a surface resistivity and a volume resistivity. The surface resistivity and the volume resistivity are related such that 0.3...

20060210322 - Image forming apparatus: In a tandem type color image forming apparatus having a function which collects a residual toner for recycle, a particle diameter distribution of a carrier is expressed as that a ratio of the number of carrier particles whose particle diameter is not smaller than φ40 μm is not greater than...

20060210324 - Belt device and image forming apparatus: One end of a rotational shaft of a supporting rotational body attached with a rotational member is rotatably supported. The rotational member is sandwiched by a supporting frame that rotatably supports supporting rotational bodies spanned with an annular belt and fixing members fixed to the supporting frame. Thus, the one...

20060210325 - Method and apparatus for image forming for effectively adjusting phase differences of image bearing members: An image forming apparatus and corresponding method are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof, at least one drive member concentrically engaged with the at least one image bearing member corresponding thereto and configured to rotate the at...

20060210326 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, an intermediate transfer belt is made of a resin film and is supported by a plurality of rollers. A driving roller that is one of the plurality of rollers, drives the intermediate transfer belt, and also functions as an opposing unit with respect to a...

20060210327 - Image forming apparatus: A primary transfer unit includes transfer units for performing a toner transfer from image carriers onto a transfer belt. Each of the transfer units is formed with a metallic roller. The metallic roller is arranged so as to satisfy θ1<θ2, where an angle of the endless belt with respect to...

20060210328 - Sheet guide, fixing device and image forming apparatus: A sheet guide sheet guide for guiding a recording sheet includes an outermost surface layer brought into contact with a recording sheet, which is formed of a material having a water contact angle of approximately 50° or less and one of a pencil hardness of 9H or more and a...

20060210330 - Fixing device of image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus of an image forming apparatus of the present invention strikes a support plate having an infrared temperature sensor against a roller shaft of a heat roller, thereby, regardless of the part accuracy, keeps a gap between the heat roller and the infrared temperature sensor constant. By improvement...

20060210329 - Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a heating roller 2 fixed at a predetermined position, a pressurizing roller 3 press-fitted to the heating roller 2 by a pressurizing mechanism 4 to be movable, and a hardness change detecting mechanism 310 which becomes electrically conductive when the...

20060210331 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device that fixes toner images carried on a recording material, including: a rotary member; a belt member that is brought into contact with the rotary member, wherein a nip part through which the recording material passes is formed between the belt member and the rotary member; and a...

20060210332 - Heat roller and fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a heat roller 2 which comprises an elastic member 2b having an outer diameter which is different from another one in an axial direction, and an conductive layer 2c provided outside of the elastic member 2b, wherein a maximum outer diameter...

20060210333 - Cooling transport device and image forming apparatus: A cooling transport device includes: a rotating member that is provided with an elastic layer; an endless belt member that transports a recording medium between the rotating member and the belt member, the belt member being in contact under pressure with the rotating member to form a nip area and...

20060210334 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a charging device, a transfer device, a lubricant supplying device, a developing device to develop the latent image with a developer, a discharging device, a cleaning device, and a controlling device configured to control an lubricant supplying mode and a lubricant...

20060210335 - Hopper unit: A paper abutment plate is provided for improving setting characteristics such as alignment of leading ends of papers when the papers are set on a tray. When the hopper unit is installed in a main body of an apparatus, the paper abutment plate is fixed to the main body of...

20060210336 - Method and apparatus having improved sheet ejection system: An image forming apparatus includes an image reader, an image forming unit, an output portion, and a notifying mechanism for notifying the operator of the apparatus. The image reader is configured to read an image on an original sheet to create image data. The image forming unit is configured to...

20060210337 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed portion...

20060204250 - Image forming apparatus and main body of the same: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus main body for forming an image on a recording medium using consumable items removably attached thereto by at least two operation modes. The image forming apparatus main body comprises a communicating unit that communicates with a consumable item which retains switching information...

20060204251 - Setting parameter modifying apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising same: A setting parameter modifying apparatus, the apparatus including a developing cartridge, containing consumables having certain characteristics, detachably installed in a main body of an image forming apparatus, containing a constituent element to operate on the consumables; and a setting parameter modifying element, installed on the developing cartridge, to modify setting...

20060204249 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus: A toner cartridge 106 has a cartridge body 160a configured to be insertably for use in an image forming apparatus and holding a toner in it and a grip 106b provided on a proximal end of the cartridge body 106a. The grip 106b has such a shape that the toner...

20060204252 - Electronic apparatus, replacement unit, and electronic apparatus control method: An electronic apparatus holds identification information for identifying the electronic apparatus. A replacement unit is detachably connected to the electronic apparatus. The replacement unit holds an operation program to controls the electronic apparatus and determination information. When the replacement unit is connected to the electronic apparatus, it is determined based...

20060204253 - Image forming system: An image forming system having an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus having a sorting function, a stapling function, etc. The post-processing apparatus is movable between a first position to receive long papers and a second position to receive non-long papers. When the post-processing apparatus is set in the...

20060204254 - Apparatus for forming images, method of managing loading of paper feed cassette in image forming apparatus, and copying machine: An image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine is provided. In the device, a predetermined period of time is measured from when an operator has specified a desired size of paper through an operation panel. A duration is measured, during which a paper feed cassette accommodating the desired-size paper...

20060204256 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with a toner, and a toner cartridge that replenishes the developing device with the toner. Excess toner on the image carrier is collected in the developing device for reuse, and image...

20060204257 - Image forming apparatus: In one embodiment, a pixel count portion that accumulates pixel count values for each pixel obtained by multiplying the input signal levels of a multilevel image by weighting coefficients, a toner consumption calculating portion that calculates toner consumption of each color from the pixel count sum value, an average toner...

20060204255 - Image forming apparatus and method for notifying the toner near-empty: An image forming apparatus 1 comprises a toner cartridge, a display portion 33 for notifying a toner near-empty, storage portions 34, 37 for storing, as data, a toner amount housed in a new toner cartridge, a toner consumption amount when the toner cartridge is used and operating time of the...

20060204258 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which a toner layer is formed onto a developing roller which is restricted by a toner restricting member and rotated, toner is supplied to a photosensitive drum by the toner layer, and a toner image is formed onto the drum and transferred onto a print...

20060204259 - Image forming apparatus using a contact or a proximity type of charging system including a protection substance on a moveable body to be charged: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a movable body to be charged and a charger including a charging member that contacts or adjoins the body to be charged and applies a voltage, including an AC component, to the charging member for thereby charging the body. A protection...

20060204261 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In a density control technique wherein a density of a toner image formed as a patch image is detected for performing density control based on the detected result, detection errors are decreased so as to properly set a density control factor. The density control factor is optimized based on a...

20060204260 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes an image forming unit, a patch forming unit, a monitor, a measuring unit and a correcting unit. The image forming unit provides an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of a photosensitive drum with charged developer to form a developer image based on an image...

20060204262 - Image forming apparatus: In am image forming apparatus according to the present invention, a controller 191 increases and decreases a transfer current from a transfer roller 23 in accordance with the rise and fall of setting values to be set of the background potential of a photoconductor drum 10 and developing bias potential...

20060204263 - Image forming apparatus: A copying machine of the present invention includes a photosensitive drum, a transfer belt which is extended between a plurality of rollers and has a contact section in contact with the photosensitive drum, and a transfer bias supply which applies an electrical charge for transfer to the contact section. At...

20060204264 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus 100 of the present invention, the rotational speed of a fixing and discharging roller 35 is adequately kept higher than the rotational speed of a heating roller 33 so as not to allow image stain to be produced in a printing paper PP due to...

20060204265 - Belt type fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus: A belt type fixing device of the present invention includes a fix roller, a press roller rotatable in pressing contact with the fix roller, a heat roller accommodating a heat source therein and a belt passed over the fix roller and heat roller. A non-contact type temperature sensor is positioned...

20060204266 - Image recording apparatus: The image recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of heater members 34, 35 having different heat distributions, a temperature detecting unit 36 for detecting a temperature of an area where a print medium passes through, a heat controlling unit 51 for controlling a fusing unit at...

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20060204269 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus in which an original reading portion is disposed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, a feed portion is disposed in a lower portion of the apparatus main body, and a printing portion is disposed between the original reading portion and the feed...

20060204268 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer mechanism that carries a toner image on an intermediate transfer body and then transfer the toner image onto a recording medium; a direct transfer mechanism that directly transfers a toner image onto a recording medium; and a controller that makes control for...

20060204270 - Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and program: A duplex printing instruction is accepted. When duplex printing is performed in accordance with the accepted duplex printing instruction, which of single-side printing and duplex printing is performed for a job of one page is decided in accordance with a condition....

20060204271 - Cooling system and image forming apparatus with cooling system: The present invention provides a cooling system including: a cold air generator which supplies cold air into a case of an apparatus; a wireless temperature sensor which is provided near at least one module constituting the apparatus and sends temperature data as a radio signal; a transmitter/receiver which sends a...

20060204272 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus includes image forming units, an intermediate transfer body, and cleaning units. The image forming units form toner images of different colors. Each image forming units includes a developing unit supplying toner of each color. The toner images of the respective colors formed by the image...

20060204273 - Developing device: A developing device includes toner, a casing accommodating the toner, a developing roller rotatably fixed on the casing, an elastic blade making contact with a circumferential surface of the developing roller, a seal member, and a cutout portion in the seal member. The seal member is arranged to make contact...

20060204274 - Toner cartridge seal assembly: A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a removable rigid insertion element having first and second sides. The seal assembly also includes a removable seal having a first side adhered to the first side of the removable rigid insertion element by a low tack adhesive, a second...

20060204276 - Image forming apparatus: A fixing unit as an embodiment of the present invention has a main body frame to contain a photoconductive drum and a fixing unit, a protection cover which is placed in a space to a toner drum and has a three-dimensional structure to form an air layer in a clearance...

20060204275 - Replaceable developer roller: A replaceable developer roller apparatus is disclosed for a printing device. The apparatus includes a cylindrical developer roller having two opposed ends, and a drive assembly selectively and operatively engageable with one of the opposed ends of the developer roller. The drive assembly includes a shaft having two opposed regions;...

20060204278 - Film loader for an image forming apparatus: A film loader for the image forming apparatus has a film formed endlessly and a film frame for holding the film, wherein a guide member for attaching or detaching the film with respect to the film loading portion of the film frame is formed by a packaging member for use...

20060204277 - Image forming apparatus having a simple cassette of image bearing photoconductors: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrying members and an image carrier. Each of the plurality of image carrying members is configured to form and carry a toner image. The image carrier cassette is configured to be detachably installed to the image forming apparatus and includes an...

20060204279 - Image forming apparatus and method of preventing carrier from adhering to photo receptor: An image forming apparatus and a method of preventing a carrier from adhering to a photosensitive drum are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed by an exposure unit, a main motor which rotates the photosensitive drum, an eraser unit...

20060204280 - Charging roller, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: Charging roller has at least a support member and a conductive covering member, the charging roller where a value of tan δ expressed in a ratio of a storage elastic modulus and a loss elastic modulus by dynamic viscoelasticity in a cross sectional direction of the charging roller at 25°...

20060204281 - Electrophotographic development apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized developing apparatus which well supplies the developer, does not cause the image degradation for a long term. The developing apparatus comprises a developer containing chamber, a developer supply chamber and developing means which is disposed in said developer supply...

20060204282 - Developing apparatus and process cartridge provided therewith: A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality...

20060204283 - Development device and method capable of maintaining toner concentration at constant level without shortening life of developer, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A development device includes a developer bearing member including a plurality of magnetic poles for bearing a two component developer, and rotating so that the toner is supplied to a latent image bearing member, a supply and conveyance path including a member configured to convey the developer in a first...

20060204284 - Developing cartridge: A developing cartridge including: a developing part having a developer bearing member; a developer container which is constituted by coupling a container body having an opening part and a developer supplying port, and a lid member for closing the opening part, and which houses developer therein; and a developer stirring...

20060204285 - Apparatus for forming images: An image forming apparatus includes a container configured to contain two-component developer including toner particles and carrier beads. The image forming apparatus further includes a developer carrying member configured to carry thereon the two-component developer and having a magnetic field generating member and a plurality of grooves having a generally...

20060204286 - Electrophotograph developing roller and image forming device using the same: An electrophotographic developing roller in which air tightness and electrical conductivity in a fit section between a cylindrical metal base body and a metal flange are satisfactory and outside diameter deflection accuracy is satisfactory; and an electrophotographic developing roller which is relatively inexpensive, excellent in mechanical rigidity, surface processability and...

20060204287 - Image recording apparatus and a print system using the same: The image recording apparatus includes a receiving device for receiving order data having image data and related processing information; an image recording device for recording an image on a recording material; a magazine which supplies it to the image recording device; an ejecting device having first and second ejection ports...

20060204288 - Image forming apparatus that smoothly conveys transfer medium while suppressing pre-transfer: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a plurality of sets each including a photosensitive member and a transfer member. The plurality of sets is disposed in a linear arrangement in the apparatus main body. The photosensitive member and the transfer member of each set sequentially interpose...

20060204289 - Intermediate transfer belt and image forming apparatus: In the intermediate transfer belt of the present invention, a toner image formed on a plurality of photoreceptors is transferred and temporarily retained. The intermediate transfer belt comprises a reinforcing layer to reinforce the intermediate transfer belt and a surface protection layer that is stacked on the reinforcing layer through...

20060204290 - Image forming apparatus for higher speed printing: An image forming apparatus includes a first image carrying belt, a second image carrying belt, a first transfer unit, a second transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a controller. Each of the first and second image carrying belt carries a toner image on their respective surface. The first and second...

20060204292 - Heating apparatus and image heating apparatus: A heating apparatus of an electromagnetic inductive heat generating type using magnetic flux shield means, having a coil for generating a magnetic flux, a roller member for generating heat by the magnetic flux from the coil, and heating a material to be heated, and a magnetic flux shield member for...

20060204291 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus of electromagnetic induction heating-type capable of providing a proper relative heat-generation distance with a magnetic flux generation member even when the magnetic flux generation member is bent by its own weight or thermally deformed includes at least an exciting coil, a holder for holding the exciting...

20060204293 - Fuser and image forming apparatus: To control a surface temperature of a heating element to be an appropriate fusing temperature, a fuser comprises a supporter having a core metal at least, a heating element supported by the supporter, a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field to render the heating element generate heat with...

20060204294 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to the invention is provided with a heating roller 2 including an elastic member 2b and a metal conductive layer 2c. The elastic member has a greater outer diameter at its end portions than at its central portion. At least one air hole 100 is formed...

20060204295 - Heat roller, fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to the invention is provided with a heating roller 1. The heating roller 1 includes an elastic layer 1b formed around a shaft member 1a, a conductive layer 1e formed outside the elastic layer 1b, and at least one impedance-adjusting layer 1d interposed between the elastic...

20060204297 - Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus provided therewith: A cleaning apparatus 30 is provided with a cleaning roller 33 that is a rotating member, a scraper 35, a partition wall 36, opening/closing members 37, and a discharge screw 38 that is a discharging member. The scraper 35 supported by the partition wall 36 scrapes toner by bringing the...

20060204296 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning device and a developing device. The cleaning device recovers a toner remaining on the image carrier. The toner recovered by the cleaning device is supplied to the developing device. The cleaning device includes a conductive brush member and an elastic...

20060204298 - Image reading apparatus capable of reading an image with improved accuracy: An image reading apparatus includes a body and an auto document feeder. The body includes an exposure glass, a reader for reading an image of an original sheet through the exposure glass, and a guide disposed on the exposure glass and configured to support the original sheet. The auto document...

20060204299 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus that conveys a long belt-like recording sheet on a conveyance path and forms an image on the recording sheet when the recording sheet passes through an image forming section, the image forming apparatus comprising: a recording medium drive component that is disposed downstream of the image...

20060204301 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus (1) in which a sheet (P) is fed through a conveyance passage from one wall (2a) to the other wall (2b) of a box-shaped housing (2), and the sheet (P) reversed in a reversing passage (28) near the other wall (2b) is discharged in...

20060204300 - Image forming apparatus and sheet feeding method: An image forming apparatus comprises a drive control section 101 that controls drive of feeding rollers that guide a sheet to a reverse feeding path and then feed the sheet in a switchback manner; and a sheet information acquisition section 102 that acquires information relating to the sheet size in...

20060204302 - Method and apparatus for removing image from recording material, and image peeling member for peeling image from recording material: An image removing method including heating a recording material having thereon an image to a temperature so that the image has a plasticity; pressure-contacting an uppermost stream peeling member with the recording material while the image maintains a plasticity; separating the uppermost stream peeling member from the recording material to...

20060198641 - Monitoring apparatus, processing method, program for implementing the processing method, and management apparatus, management method, and program for implementing the mangement method: There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. The monitoring apparatus is connected to a management apparatus for communication therewith....

20060198642 - Fuser assembly including memory: A fuser assembly is provided with an onboard memory that may be used to store information useful in determining the conditions under which the fuser assembly has been operated. Such information can be used to better understand the root cause of fuser assembly failures, and estimate remaining fuser life, etc....

20060198644 - Image forming apparatus and image adjusting method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member; a latent image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member; a developing unit to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member to form a toner image; a forcible discharge unit to forcibly...

20060198645 - Image forming apparatus and image forming unit: An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section and a residual toner amount detection unit. The image forming section includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, and a toner storage unit. The residual toner amount detection unit detects an amount of toner remaining...

20060198643 - Toner remainder detecting device, toner cartridge and image forming device: An object of the present invention is to provide a remaining amount of toner detecting apparatus capable of highly accurately detecting the remaining amount of toner with a simple configuration, a toner cartridge in which the remaining amount of toner is highly accurately detected with a simple configuration, and an...

20060198646 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a fixation device comprising a plurality of heaters; and a control unit which performs energization control for the plurality of heaters, wherein any one of at least three priorities which are first, second and third priorities for energizing the plurality of heaters so that power...

20060198648 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: An image forming apparatus that is capable of generating highly accurate read timing of a patch image, thereby achieving highly accurate density adjustment and improving color stability. A patch image for color adjustment is read in read timing generated when a trigger bar is detected. The patch image and the...

20060198647 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The invention prevents the phenomenon of occurrence of toner scattering or density fluctuations by changing the appropriate transfer conditions according to the toner charge of the toner images formed on an intermediate image transfer member. The density of toner images formed under prescribed image forming conditions on an intermediate image...

20060198649 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An amount of toner adhered to a toner image formed on the photosensitive drum using decolorizing toner when forming an image is controlled to 0.75 (mg/cm2) or below. As a result, a toner image formed on a paper is erased satisfactorily for the purpose of reusing the paper and the...

20060198650 - Image forming apparatus and method of determining transfer voltage thereof: An image forming apparatus includes: an image supporting member; a transfer member for transferring a developer image formed on the image supporting member to a medium; a current supply unit for supplying a detection current to the transfer member; a voltage detection unit for detecting a voltage generated in the...

20060198652 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A temperature of a heating roller is detected by a thermistor and an amount of variation per unit of time of the detected temperature is detected. The output of a coil is increased or decreased by an amount corresponding to an amount of the detected temperature variation, while the temperature...

20060198651 - Image forming apparatus, and storage medium storing a control program for the same: An image forming apparatus is disclosed which interrupts the power supply to the sensors that are used during image formation when it is impossible to form an image, thereby allowing the image forming apparatus so save energy more effectively. The image forming apparatus controls the power supply to sensors that...

20060198653 - Methods and systems for peripheral accounting: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing external accounting functions for a peripheral device....

20060198654 - Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a...

20060198655 - Developing device and image forming device equipped with same: A developing device is disclosed which includes a fixed magnet roller 25 having a plurality of magnetic poles, a development roller 27 having a development sleeve 26 that is supported axially with the ability to rotate freely, and a magnetic sealing member 29 arranged at the end of the longitudinal...

20060198656 - Toner cartridge seal assembly: A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a gasket having an elongate gasket opening and a seal having first and second sides. The first side of the seal is at least partially affixed to a first side of the gasket and covers the gasket opening. The seal...

20060198657 - Frame structure for an image forming device and frame assembly method: A frame structure includes a base plate 70, and a pair of side plates 72, 73. The base plate 70 has a bottom surface 70a, and an attachment edge 70b formed by drawing the edge of the base place downward around the entire periphery of the bottom surface 70a. The...

20060198658 - Method of refilling developer cartridge, developer cartridge, and image forming apparatus: In a method of refilling a developer cartridge, a container that contains an original developer manufactured by a polymerization method is prepared. A new developer manufactured by the polymerization method is refilled in the container without cleaning an inside of the container. The new developer comprises the same color as...

20060198659 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus including an electrostatic latent image bearing member including a photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer containing an organic charge generation material, and a charge transport layer; an electrostatic latent image forming device configured to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the electrostatic...

20060198660 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which improves uneven gloss occurring at the step of fixing a transparent toner is provided with an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed, a transparent toner image forming device for forming a transparent toner image on the image bearing member, a transferring...

20060198661 - Developing apparatus and image forming method: A developing apparatus including: a developing device for color receiving colored toner and a carrier and developing an electrostatic image; a developing device for transparence receiving transparent toner and a carrier and developing the electrostatic image; a developer replenishment container for color receiving a replenishment developer for color with which...

20060198662 - Developing device and method of forming images: A developing device configured to carry out development of an electrostatic image using color toner particles and transparent toner particles includes color and transparent developing units configured to store toner particles, carrier particles, and additive particles and configured to carry out development of the electrostatic image; color and transparent developer...

20060198663 - Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the developing device: A developing device including a rotating developing roller bearing toner thereon, capable of developing an electrostatic latent image with the toner; a toner layer forming member configured to form a toner layer on the developing roller, and charge the toner of the toner layer at a nip between the developing...

20060198664 - Developer holding body and developing apparatus: In order to obtain the surface shape which is uniform in each of the circumferential direction and the axial direction without being deviated in one direction on the surface, a developer holding body is provided which is arranged so as to face an image holding body, holds a developer as...

20060198665 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus has an image forming unit, wherein the image forming device provided around the image carrier forms a toner image on the image carrier; an intermediate transfer member; a primary transfer unit for transferring the toner image onto the intermediate transfer member to form an superimposed...

20060198666 - Fixing apparatus, fixing member used in the fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism configured to detect a jam generated...

20060198667 - Transfer apparatus and image forming apparatus: A transfer unit transfers an image formed on an image bearing body (a photoconductive drum or an intermediate transfer belt) onto a medium by the electrostatic force. The transfer unit includes a transfer belt and a transfer roller. The transfer roller extends parallel to the image bearing body and transfers...

20060198668 - Image forming device: A plurality of separation needles are arranged downstream from a transfer roller in the sheet transport direction along a direction which is orthogonal to the sheet transport direction, and when a separation voltage is applied to the separation needles, an electrical discharge occurs between the photosensitive drum and the separation...

20060198669 - Image forming device and transfer sheet conveyance and guide mechanism thereof: A sheet conveyance and guide mechanism 6 is used in an image forming device that includes a photoconductive drum 30 and a transfer roller 33 arranged so as to form a transfer nip with the photoconductive drum 30 and to which a bias voltage is applied. The sheet conveyance and...

20060198670 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit includes a belt module that has a belt member stretched around a rotary roll and a stretching roll, the belt module transporting a recording medium, and a pressing member that is disposed to press the belt module and forming a nip portion between the belt module and...

20060198671 - Fixing unit, roller member, and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit that fixes a toner image carried on a recording medium includes a rotation member, and a pressure belt module that is provided with a pressure belt, a pressure roller supporting the pressure belt and pressing the rotation member, and a belt-supporting roller supporting the pressure belt. The...

20060198672 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention has a heating member which is heated by induction heating, a pressing member which supplies a predetermined pressure to the heating member, and induction heating mechanisms which supply a predetermined magnetic field to the heating member. The induction heating mechanisms...

20060198673 - Reinforced cleaning member and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using same: A cleaning member for cleaning an image carrier. The cleaning member includes a support plate having a planar face portion configured to be fixed to an object in a position adjacent to the image carrier, a plurality of reinforcement features configured to reinforce a strength of the support plate, at...

20060198674 - Toner delivery mechanism and image forming device: A toner delivery mechanism is arranged between a cleaning device and a toner collection receptacle, and includes a collection pipe for delivering toner from the cleaning device to the toner collection receptacle, and a collection spiral that extends into the collection pipe and rotates. The collection spiral is formed to...

20060198675 - Paper supply device and image forming device equipped with same: A manual paper supply device is equipped with a paper shear prevention member 35 for preventing shear of the paper 9 loaded into the manual feed paper supply tray. A brush 36 is arranged on the paper shear prevention member 35 to make contact with the paper 9; and the...

20060198676 - Image forming apparatus having a post-processing apparatus with a controller for controlling conveyance of double-sided sheets, and image forming method therefor: An image forming apparatus, which realizes a buffering function which enables post-processing without decreasing the productivity and increasing the size. At least one image is formed on a sheet. A double-sided sheet conveying path is provided, which the sheet passes when being conveyed back to the image forming unit again...

20060198677 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing portion to an upper portion of the printer...

20060198678 - Image forming apparatus: A fuser allows a sheet medium on which a toner image has formed to path through while heating the sheet medium, thereby fusing the toner image on the sheet medium. A plurality of first rollers are arrayed in a first direction. A plurality of second rollers are arrayed in the...

20060198641 - Monitoring apparatus, processing method, program for implementing the processing method, and management apparatus, management method, and program for implementing the mangement method: There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. The monitoring apparatus is connected to a management apparatus for communication therewith....

20060198642 - Fuser assembly including memory: A fuser assembly is provided with an onboard memory that may be used to store information useful in determining the conditions under which the fuser assembly has been operated. Such information can be used to better understand the root cause of fuser assembly failures, and estimate remaining fuser life, etc....

20060198644 - Image forming apparatus and image adjusting method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member; a latent image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member; a developing unit to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member to form a toner image; a forcible discharge unit to forcibly...

20060198645 - Image forming apparatus and image forming unit: An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section and a residual toner amount detection unit. The image forming section includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, and a toner storage unit. The residual toner amount detection unit detects an amount of toner remaining...

20060198643 - Toner remainder detecting device, toner cartridge and image forming device: An object of the present invention is to provide a remaining amount of toner detecting apparatus capable of highly accurately detecting the remaining amount of toner with a simple configuration, a toner cartridge in which the remaining amount of toner is highly accurately detected with a simple configuration, and an...

20060198646 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a fixation device comprising a plurality of heaters; and a control unit which performs energization control for the plurality of heaters, wherein any one of at least three priorities which are first, second and third priorities for energizing the plurality of heaters so that power...

20060198648 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: An image forming apparatus that is capable of generating highly accurate read timing of a patch image, thereby achieving highly accurate density adjustment and improving color stability. A patch image for color adjustment is read in read timing generated when a trigger bar is detected. The patch image and the...

20060198647 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The invention prevents the phenomenon of occurrence of toner scattering or density fluctuations by changing the appropriate transfer conditions according to the toner charge of the toner images formed on an intermediate image transfer member. The density of toner images formed under prescribed image forming conditions on an intermediate image...

20060198649 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An amount of toner adhered to a toner image formed on the photosensitive drum using decolorizing toner when forming an image is controlled to 0.75 (mg/cm2) or below. As a result, a toner image formed on a paper is erased satisfactorily for the purpose of reusing the paper and the...

20060198650 - Image forming apparatus and method of determining transfer voltage thereof: An image forming apparatus includes: an image supporting member; a transfer member for transferring a developer image formed on the image supporting member to a medium; a current supply unit for supplying a detection current to the transfer member; a voltage detection unit for detecting a voltage generated in the...

20060198652 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A temperature of a heating roller is detected by a thermistor and an amount of variation per unit of time of the detected temperature is detected. The output of a coil is increased or decreased by an amount corresponding to an amount of the detected temperature variation, while the temperature...

20060198651 - Image forming apparatus, and storage medium storing a control program for the same: An image forming apparatus is disclosed which interrupts the power supply to the sensors that are used during image formation when it is impossible to form an image, thereby allowing the image forming apparatus so save energy more effectively. The image forming apparatus controls the power supply to sensors that...

20060198653 - Methods and systems for peripheral accounting: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing external accounting functions for a peripheral device....

20060198654 - Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a...

20060198655 - Developing device and image forming device equipped with same: A developing device is disclosed which includes a fixed magnet roller 25 having a plurality of magnetic poles, a development roller 27 having a development sleeve 26 that is supported axially with the ability to rotate freely, and a magnetic sealing member 29 arranged at the end of the longitudinal...

20060198656 - Toner cartridge seal assembly: A seal assembly for use in an imaging cartridge includes a gasket having an elongate gasket opening and a seal having first and second sides. The first side of the seal is at least partially affixed to a first side of the gasket and covers the gasket opening. The seal...

20060198657 - Frame structure for an image forming device and frame assembly method: A frame structure includes a base plate 70, and a pair of side plates 72, 73. The base plate 70 has a bottom surface 70a, and an attachment edge 70b formed by drawing the edge of the base place downward around the entire periphery of the bottom surface 70a. The...

20060198658 - Method of refilling developer cartridge, developer cartridge, and image forming apparatus: In a method of refilling a developer cartridge, a container that contains an original developer manufactured by a polymerization method is prepared. A new developer manufactured by the polymerization method is refilled in the container without cleaning an inside of the container. The new developer comprises the same color as...

20060198659 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus including an electrostatic latent image bearing member including a photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer containing an organic charge generation material, and a charge transport layer; an electrostatic latent image forming device configured to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the electrostatic...

20060198660 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which improves uneven gloss occurring at the step of fixing a transparent toner is provided with an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed, a transparent toner image forming device for forming a transparent toner image on the image bearing member, a transferring...

20060198661 - Developing apparatus and image forming method: A developing apparatus including: a developing device for color receiving colored toner and a carrier and developing an electrostatic image; a developing device for transparence receiving transparent toner and a carrier and developing the electrostatic image; a developer replenishment container for color receiving a replenishment developer for color with which...

20060198662 - Developing device and method of forming images: A developing device configured to carry out development of an electrostatic image using color toner particles and transparent toner particles includes color and transparent developing units configured to store toner particles, carrier particles, and additive particles and configured to carry out development of the electrostatic image; color and transparent developer...

20060198663 - Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the developing device: A developing device including a rotating developing roller bearing toner thereon, capable of developing an electrostatic latent image with the toner; a toner layer forming member configured to form a toner layer on the developing roller, and charge the toner of the toner layer at a nip between the developing...

20060198664 - Developer holding body and developing apparatus: In order to obtain the surface shape which is uniform in each of the circumferential direction and the axial direction without being deviated in one direction on the surface, a developer holding body is provided which is arranged so as to face an image holding body, holds a developer as...

20060198665 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus has an image forming unit, wherein the image forming device provided around the image carrier forms a toner image on the image carrier; an intermediate transfer member; a primary transfer unit for transferring the toner image onto the intermediate transfer member to form an superimposed...

20060198666 - Fixing apparatus, fixing member used in the fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism configured to detect a jam generated...

20060198667 - Transfer apparatus and image forming apparatus: A transfer unit transfers an image formed on an image bearing body (a photoconductive drum or an intermediate transfer belt) onto a medium by the electrostatic force. The transfer unit includes a transfer belt and a transfer roller. The transfer roller extends parallel to the image bearing body and transfers...

20060198668 - Image forming device: A plurality of separation needles are arranged downstream from a transfer roller in the sheet transport direction along a direction which is orthogonal to the sheet transport direction, and when a separation voltage is applied to the separation needles, an electrical discharge occurs between the photosensitive drum and the separation...

20060198669 - Image forming device and transfer sheet conveyance and guide mechanism thereof: A sheet conveyance and guide mechanism 6 is used in an image forming device that includes a photoconductive drum 30 and a transfer roller 33 arranged so as to form a transfer nip with the photoconductive drum 30 and to which a bias voltage is applied. The sheet conveyance and...

20060198670 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit includes a belt module that has a belt member stretched around a rotary roll and a stretching roll, the belt module transporting a recording medium, and a pressing member that is disposed to press the belt module and forming a nip portion between the belt module and...

20060198671 - Fixing unit, roller member, and image forming apparatus: A fixing unit that fixes a toner image carried on a recording medium includes a rotation member, and a pressure belt module that is provided with a pressure belt, a pressure roller supporting the pressure belt and pressing the rotation member, and a belt-supporting roller supporting the pressure belt. The...

20060198672 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention has a heating member which is heated by induction heating, a pressing member which supplies a predetermined pressure to the heating member, and induction heating mechanisms which supply a predetermined magnetic field to the heating member. The induction heating mechanisms...

20060198673 - Reinforced cleaning member and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using same: A cleaning member for cleaning an image carrier. The cleaning member includes a support plate having a planar face portion configured to be fixed to an object in a position adjacent to the image carrier, a plurality of reinforcement features configured to reinforce a strength of the support plate, at...

20060198674 - Toner delivery mechanism and image forming device: A toner delivery mechanism is arranged between a cleaning device and a toner collection receptacle, and includes a collection pipe for delivering toner from the cleaning device to the toner collection receptacle, and a collection spiral that extends into the collection pipe and rotates. The collection spiral is formed to...

20060198675 - Paper supply device and image forming device equipped with same: A manual paper supply device is equipped with a paper shear prevention member 35 for preventing shear of the paper 9 loaded into the manual feed paper supply tray. A brush 36 is arranged on the paper shear prevention member 35 to make contact with the paper 9; and the...

20060198676 - Image forming apparatus having a post-processing apparatus with a controller for controlling conveyance of double-sided sheets, and image forming method therefor: An image forming apparatus, which realizes a buffering function which enables post-processing without decreasing the productivity and increasing the size. At least one image is formed on a sheet. A double-sided sheet conveying path is provided, which the sheet passes when being conveyed back to the image forming unit again...

20060198677 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing portion to an upper portion of the printer...

20060198678 - Image forming apparatus: A fuser allows a sheet medium on which a toner image has formed to path through while heating the sheet medium, thereby fusing the toner image on the sheet medium. A plurality of first rollers are arrayed in a first direction. A plurality of second rollers are arrayed in the...