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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomokazu Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi Haga, Yasunobu Shimizu, Hiromi Ogiyama, Kenji Sengoku, Junpei Fujita
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An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to output one of an alternating-current-based voltage including at least an alternating-current voltage and a direct-current voltage to the transfer unit; and a power supply control unit configured to cause the power supply unit to start switching to the alternating-current-based voltage a first time after the power supply unit stops outputting the direct-current voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the alternating-current-based voltage, and cause the power supply unit to start switching to the direct-current voltage a second time after the power supply unit stops outputting the alternating-current-based voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the direct-current voltage. The second time is longer than the first time.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming system comprising:
A transfer method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.