Image forming apparatus

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2006-01-17

2006-01-17

Bennett, G. Bradley (Department: 2859)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Consumable

C399S061000, C399S260000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06987934

ABSTRACT:
In a device for controlling the amount of toner replenished to a developing device depending on the density of a reference image formed on a photoconductor, if the toner density of a developer in the developing device fluctuates extremely; there may occur toner scattering, formation of coarse or rough images, and carrier attachment. To overcome those problems, a photosensor is disposed to detect the toner density in the developing device, and when an output of the photosensor is outside of a predetermined range, a target value to be compared with the detected density of the reference image is modified.

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