Image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10185245
APP PUB NO 20180017891A1
SERIAL NO

15640235

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An image forming apparatus includes a cleaning blade that is in contact with the photoconductive member to form a nip portion and that is configured to remove an adhering substance adhering to the photoconductive member and an execution unit configured to execute a supply operation of forming a supply toner on the photoconductive member to supply the supply toner to the nip portion after completion of an image forming job of forming an image on one or a plurality of printing media in a series of operations and before the photoconductive member stops rotation. The execution unit sets the amount of supply toner such that the number of images formed at the image forming job and the amount of supply toner have a linear relationship.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Ueno, Takashi Tokyo, JP 164 1647

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