Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki TAKAHASHI, Yoko MIYAMOTO, Noboru HIRAKAWA, Yoshiyuki TOMINAGA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding unit that holds a toner image, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image held by the image holding unit onto a medium in a transfer region, a reduction unit that is positioned further upstream than the transfer region and that reduces an electrical resistance of a first surface of the medium, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the medium onto which an image is to be transferred, and a control unit that controls the reduction unit in accordance with a type of a medium to be used in such a manner that the electrical resistance of the first surface does not exceed a predetermined range.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holding unit that holds a toner image;
- a transfer unit that transfers the toner image held by the image holding unit onto a medium in a transfer region;
- a reduction unit that is positioned further upstream than the transfer region and that reduces an electrical resistance of a first surface of the medium, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the medium onto which an image is to be transferred;
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- a control unit that controls the reduction unit in accordance with a type of a medium to be used in such a manner that the electrical resistance of the first surface does not exceed a predetermined range.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image holding means for holding a toner image;
- transfer means for transferring the toner image held by the image holding means onto a medium in a transfer region;
- reduction means, positioned further upstream than the transfer region, for reducing an electrical resistance of a first surface of the medium, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the medium onto which an image is to be transferred;
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- control means that controls the reduction means in accordance with a type of a medium to be used in such a manner that the electrical resistance of the first surface does not exceed a predetermined range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.