Electrophotography – Control of electrophotography process – Responsive to copy media characteristic
Patent
1994-12-16
1997-08-05
Beatty, Robert
Electrophotography
Control of electrophotography process
Responsive to copy media characteristic
399315, G03G 1500
Patent
active
056551762
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a recording material bearing member that bears recording material; an image forming device for forming an image on the recording material carried on the recording material carrying member, in an image forming station; and a discharger for discharging the recording material after the image is formed on the recording material, the discharger including an outside discharger disposed adjacent an image bearing surface side of the recording material; wherein a discharging operation of the discharger is changed in response to a rigidity of the recording material. Specifically, the discharging power is rendered weaker or stops its operation when the rigidity is larger than a specific value.
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Inoue Masahiro
Takeuchi Tatsuo
Beatty Robert
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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