Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSunao Takenaka
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a printing setting acquisition section and a printer section. The printing setting acquisition section acquires printing setting information for holding setting at the time of printing for each kind of a sheet. The printer section applies, in a case in which a label paper is selected as the kind of the sheet, a developing agent in the vicinity of an area coming into contact with an end part of the sheet in an area on an image carrier for transferring the developing agent to the sheet, transfers the developing agent by a transfer member for transferring the developing agent from the image carrier to the sheet, and rotates the transfer member at least once.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a printer configured to form a toner image on a photosensitive drum;
- a transfer device including transfer roller configured to transfer the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum onto a label sheet;
- a controller configured to form the toner image on the photosensitive drum by the printer, the photosensitive drum having a width which extends over a width of the label sheet and configured to transfer the toner image onto the label sheet;
- and
- a supply device configured to supply another label sheet to the transfer device after a time passes necessary for the transfer roller to perform at least one rotation after the transfer of the toner image onto the label sheet.
A label printer, comprising:
- a printer configured to form a toner image on a photosensitive drum;
- a transfer device including transfer roller configured to transfer the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum onto a label sheet;
- a controller configured to form the toner image on the photosensitive drum by the printer, the photosensitive drum having a width which extends over a width of the label sheet and configured to transfer the toner image onto the label sheet;
- and
- a supply device configured to supply another label sheet to the transfer device after a time passes necessary for the transfer roller to perform at least one rotation after the transfer of the toner image onto the label sheet.
An image forming method, comprising:
- forming a toner image on a photosensitive drum;
- transferring the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum onto a label sheet;
- forming the toner image on the photosensitive drum by a printer, wherein the photosensitive drum has a width which extends over a width of the label sheet to transfer the toner image onto the label sheet;
- and
- supplying another label sheet for transferring another toner image after a time passes necessary for at least one rotation of a transfer roller after transferring the toner image onto the label sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.