Supply control apparatus, image-forming apparatus, and supply control method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi SAKAMOTO, Naoya Yamasaki
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Abstract
A supply control apparatus includes: a specifying unit that specifies a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit; and a supply control unit that controls supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.
Claims7
A supply control apparatus comprising:
- a specifying unit that specifies a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit;
- and
- a supply control unit that controls supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.
A supply control apparatus comprising:
- a specifying unit that specifies a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit;
- and
- a supply control unit that controls supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner via a carry unit including the holding chamber, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.
An image-forming apparatus comprising:
- a specifying unit that specifies a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit;
- a supply control unit that controls supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount;
- an image supporter;
- a charging unit that charges a surface of the image supporter;
- a latent image-forming unit that forms a latent image on the surface of the charged image supporter;
- a development unit that develops the formed latent image with toner supplied based on the control performed by the supply control unit;
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- a transfer unit that transfers the developed image.
A supply control method comprising:
- specifying a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit;
- and
- controlling supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.
A supply control method comprising:
- specifying a total amount of toner held in a holding chamber of a toner holding unit;
- and
- controlling supply of toner held in the holding chamber to a development unit that develops a latent image using the toner via a carry unit including the holding chamber, in a case that the specified total amount is a first amount, such that an amount of the toner supplied per unit of time is smaller than the amount supplied in a case that the total amount is a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.