Method of cleaning a toner image carrier
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsJohan J. Zweedijk, Stanislaw K. J. Lenczowski, Jacobus H. Vercoulen
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for cleaning an image carrier that is used for transferring a toner image onto a recording medium which includes a black image step in which a black image, i.e., an image of the entire area which is filled with toner, is formed on the image carrier and is transferred onto a cleaner that engages the image carrier for removing dust therefrom, wherein, prior to the black image step, a black page step is carried out in which a black page is printed by transferring a black image from the image carrier onto the recording medium.
Claims4
A method of cleaning an image carrier that is used for transferring a toner image onto a recording medium, the method comprising:
- performing a black image step by forming a black image in which an entire area which is filled with toner, is formed on the image carrier and transferred onto a cleaner that engages the image carrier for removing dust therefrom;
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- performing a black page step prior to the black image step, said black page step being carried out by printing a black page in which the black page is printed by transferring a black image from the image carrier onto the recording medium.
An image forming apparatus comprising
- an image carrier,
- a transport system for introducing a recording medium to the transfer station for transferring a toner image from the image carrier onto the recording medium,
- a cleaner configured to engage the image carrier at a position downstream of the transfer station, and
- a controller controlling the image forming process and the operation of the transport system and the transfer station whereby the controller is configured such that prior to the forming of a black image step in which an image which is formed on the image carrier is transferred to a cleaner, a black page is formed on which a black page is printed by transferring a black image from the image carrier onto the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.