Image forming apparatus, method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and detachable body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9915902-B2
Application number	US-201615239281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning member that cleans the image carrier, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, and a controller that controls the image forming unit based on at least one of physical property information and dimension information of the cleaning member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit comprising an image carrier and a cleaning member that cleans the image carrier, to form an image on a recording material; and
at least one central processing unit configured to implement a controller that controls the image forming unit based on at least one of physical property information and dimension information of the cleaning member, wherein
the image forming unit causes a toner to adhere to the image carrier at a predetermined time to form a toner band onto the image carrier, and
the controller sets a frequency at which the image forming unit causes the toner band to be formed onto the image carrier, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller sets an image forming condition that is used when the image forming unit forms an image, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the image forming unit causes a toner to adhere to the image carrier so as to form a toner image on the image carrier, and transfers the formed toner image to the recording material so as to form the image on the recording material, and
the controller controls an amount of the toner adhering to the image carrier, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the image forming unit is configured to enable particles that polish a surface of the image carrier to adhere to the surface of the image carrier, and
the controller controls the image forming unit to cause the particles to adhere to the image carrier, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller compares a use status of the image carrier to a predetermined threshold value to determine a lifetime of the image carrier, and sets the threshold value used for determining the lifetime, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform processing comprising:
acquiring at least one of physical property information and dimension information of a cleaning member that cleans an image carrier provided in an image forming unit; and
controlling the image forming unit based on the acquired at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information;
causing a toner to adhere to the image carrier at a predetermined time to form a toner band onto the image carrier; and
setting a frequency at which the image forming unit causes the toner band to be formed onto the image carrier, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

7. A method comprising:
acquiring at least one of physical property information and dimension information of a cleaning member that cleans an image carrier provided in an image forming unit;
controlling the image forming unit based on the acquired at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information;
causing a toner to adhere to the image carrier at a predetermined time to form a toner band onto the image carrier; and
setting a frequency at which the image forming unit causes the toner band to be formed onto the image carrier, based on the at least one of the physical property information and the dimension information.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamada Hirofumi
• Makiura Shinya
• Nittono Eiji

Classifications

• G03G15/55

  Self-diagnostics; Malfunction or lifetime display · CPC title

• G03G21/0011

  using a blade; Details of cleaning blades, e.g. blade shape, layer forming · CPC title

• G03G15/0266 Primary

  Arrangements for controlling the amount of charge · CPC title

• G03G21/0005

  for removing solid developer or debris from the electrographic recording medium · CPC title

• G03G15/50 Primary

  Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control (sequencing control G03G21/14) · CPC title