Image forming apparatus and image forming method for adjusting developing bias

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8406645
APP PUB NO 20090304404A1
SERIAL NO

12473541

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Developing bias is set as follows. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area and not to cause the toner to fly in a background area. Thus, the normally-charged toner does not fly in the background area. The normally-charged toner caused to fly is therefore unlikely to flick low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner. The low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner will not adhere to the background area and cause image fogging. Accordingly, an image forming apparatus can be provided to prevent the low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor and to avoid the occurrence of image fogging in the background area on a printed material.

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THE LEHIGH PRESS LLC1900 SOUTH 25TH AVENUE BROADVIEW IL 60155

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayase, Toru Toyokawa, JP 69 475
Katori, Kentaro Nakano-ku, JP 23 260
Kitada, Tomo Toyokawa, JP 11 15
Nakayama, Kanji Toyokawa, JP 14 43
Okuno, Yuusuke Toyokawa, JP 12 59

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