Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorMakoto Saitou
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus 1 including a photosensitive member 2 on which an electrostatic latent image is formed according to an image signal, a development mechanism 5 for forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent images, and a transfer body 60 for transferring the toner image. The development mechanism 5 includes a plurality of developing units 51-54 holding different kinds of toners. A second work of adhesion between the photosensitive member 2 and a second toner to be transferred to the transfer body second is larger than a first and a third work of adhesions between the photosensitive member 2 and a first and a third toners to be transferred to the transfer body first and third.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- one or a plurality of photosensitive members on which an electrostatic latent image is formed according to an image signal;
- a development mechanism for forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent images;
- and
- a transfer body for transferring the toner image,
- wherein the development mechanism includes a plurality of developing units holding different kinds of toners,
- wherein a second work of adhesion between the photosensitive member and a second toner to be transferred to the transfer body second is larger than a first and a third work of adhesions between the photosensitive member and a first and a third toners to be transferred to the transfer body first and third.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- forming an electrostatic latent image on one or a plurality of photosensitive members according to an image signal;
- forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image using different kinds of toners;
- and
- transferring the toner image to a transfer body,
- wherein the different kinds of toners are selected so that a second work of adhesion between the photosensitive member and a second toner to be transferred second to the transfer body is larger than a first and a third work of adhesions between the photosensitive member and a first and a third toners which are to be transferred to the transfer body first and third.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.