Image forming apparatus and image forming device with toner layer forming unit
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsShunichi Takaya, Hiroyuki Saito
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image carrying member capable of carrying an image, a paper conveying unit, a toner layer forming unit, and a transfer unit. The paper conveying unit conveys a paper to the image carrying member. The toner layer forming unit forms a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of the paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of the paper on a surface of the image carrying member. The transfer unit conveys the paper in press-contact with the image carrying member with the formed image and toner layer and transfers the image to the paper.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrying member capable of carrying an image;
- a paper conveying unit for conveying a paper to said image carrying member;
- a toner layer forming unit for forming a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of said paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of said paper on a surface of said image carrying member;
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- a transfer unit for conveying said paper in press-contact with said image carrying member with said formed image and toner layer and transferring said image to said paper;
- wherein said toner layer forming unit forms a larger number of stacked toner as it goes toward said position corresponding to said end portion of said paper in said surface of said image carrying member.
An image forming method comprising:
- conveying a paper to an image carrying member capable of carrying an image, and forming a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of said paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of said paper on a surface of said image carrying member;
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- conveying said paper in press-contact with said image carrying member with said formed image and toner layer and transferring said image to said paper;
- wherein said step of forming said toner layer comprises:
- forming a larger number of stacked toner as it goes toward said position corresponding to said end portion of said paper in said surface of said image carrying member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.