Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorSatoru Nagata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes the following. An image carrier forms an electrostatic latent image by exposure. A developing apparatus stores a developing agent including toner and which develops the image carrier. A collector collects in the developing apparatus the developing agent scattered from the developing apparatus. An input unit is used by a user to select a screen type relating to a fineness of a halftone image. An adjuster is able to change strength of an electric field between the collector and the image carrier. A hardware processor which controls the adjuster to change the strength of the electric field according to the selected screen type.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier which forms an electrostatic latent image by exposure;
- a developing apparatus which stores a developing agent including toner and which develops the image carrier;
- a collector which collects in the developing apparatus the developing agent scattered from the developing apparatus;
- an input unit with which a user selects a screen type relating to a fineness of a halftone image;
- an adjuster which is able to change strength of an electric field between the collector and the image carrier;
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- a hardware processor which controls the adjuster to change the strength of the electric field according to the selected screen type.
An image forming method used in an image forming apparatus which forms a halftone image, the apparatus including an image carrier which forms an electrostatic latent image by exposure, a developing apparatus which stores a developing agent including toner and which develops the image carrier, a collector which collects in the developing apparatus the developing agent scattered from the developing apparatus, and an adjuster which is able to change strength of an electric field between the collector and the image carrier, the method comprising:
- inputting by a user to select a screen type relating to a fineness of a halftone image;
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- controlling the adjuster to change the strength of the electric field according to the selected screen type.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon for controlling a computer used in an image forming apparatus which forms a halftone image, the apparatus including an image carrier which forms an electrostatic latent image by exposure, a developing apparatus which stores a developing agent including toner and which develops the image carrier, a collector which collects in the developing apparatus the developing agent scattered from the developing apparatus, and an adjuster which is able to change strength of an electric field between the collector and the image carrier, wherein the program controls the computer to:
- control the adjuster to change the strength of the electric field according to the screen type selected on an inputter on which a user selects a screen type relating to a fineness of a halftone image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.