Static elimination apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKENJI KUROKI
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Abstract
A static elimination apparatus is configured to be connected to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet. The static elimination apparatus includes a non-contact static elimination unit and a control unit. The non-contact static elimination unit includes an electrode portion that generates ions to perform non-contact static-electricity elimination on the sheet bearing an image formed by the image forming unit. The control unit performs a detection process for detecting whether maintenance of the electrode portion is needed in response to an instruction to transition the image forming apparatus from a first state to a second state in which power consumption is lower than in the first state.
Claims14
A static elimination apparatus configured to be connected to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, the static elimination apparatus comprising:
- a non-contact static elimination unit including an electrode portion configured to generate ions, wherein the non-contact static elimination unit is configured to perform non-contact static-electricity elimination on the sheet bearing an image formed by the image forming unit;
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- a control unit configured to perform a detection process for detecting whether maintenance of the electrode portion is needed,
- wherein the control unit performs the detection process in response to an instruction to transition the image forming apparatus from a first state to a second state in which power consumption is lower than in the first state.
An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a non-contact static elimination unit including an electrode portion configured to generate ions, wherein the non-contact static elimination unit is configured to perform non-contact static-electricity elimination on the sheet bearing an image formed by the image forming unit;
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- a control unit configured to perform a detection process for detecting whether maintenance of the electrode portion is needed,
- wherein the control unit performs the detection process in response to an instruction to transition the image forming apparatus from a first state to a second state in which power consumption is lower than in the first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.