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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAtsunori Kitazawa, Yoshiro Koga, Toru Fujita, Masahide Nakamura
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A CPU 113 executes a control program stored in a memory 116 thereby forming a plurality of patch images with a developing bias increased for each of the patch images; detecting a density of each of the patch images by means of a patch sensor 17; and comparing the image densities to determine whether the image density is saturated or not. Then, an image forming condition in which an image density is substantially saturated is determined and is stored in the memory 116. When a print command signal is inputted from an external device via a main controller 100, a printing operation is performed under the image forming condition stored in the memory 116.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming method, wherein a predetermined developing bias is applied to a liquid developer carrier carrying thereon liquid developer with charged toner dispersed in a carrier liquid, thereby causing said toner in said liquid developer on said liquid developer carrier to adhere to an image carrier, whereby an electrostatic latent image on said image carrier is developed with said toner into a toner image, said method further comprising the steps of:
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming method, wherein a predetermined developing bias is applied to a liquid developer carrier which transports liquid developer with charged toner dispersed in a carrier liquid toward a development position facing an image carrier, thereby causing said toner in said liquid developer on said liquid developer carrier to adhere to said image carrier, whereby an electrostatic latent image on said image carrier is developed with said toner into a toner image, said method further comprising the steps of:
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