IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM, METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND SERVER APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240362447A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18767549

    申请日:2024-07-09

    摘要: An image-forming system includes: an image-forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium using a consumable material in a container device; an inhibiting mechanism capable of inhibiting supply of the consumable material from the container device to the image-forming apparatus or insertion of the container device into the image-forming apparatus; an obtainment unit configured to obtain a code unique to the container device in a state where the inhibiting mechanism inhibits the supply of the consumable material or the insertion of the container device; a server apparatus configured to perform authentication for the container device based on the code; and a control unit configured to set, when the authentication is successful, setting data related to the container device received from the server apparatus in the image-forming apparatus.

    UPDATING APPARATUS THAT UPDATES INFORMATION STORED IN STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240176973A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18510737

    申请日:2023-11-16

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00 G06K15/14

    CPC分类号: G06K15/4075 G06K15/14

    摘要: An updating apparatus that updates information stored in a storage device provided in a replacement unit of a predetermined apparatus includes: a control unit configured to, when initialization processing is started, read out usage information stored in a first region of the storage device and indicating a usage state of the replacement unit, perform backup processing of storing backup information based on the usage information in a target region within one or more second regions different from the first region, and perform update processing of updating the usage information stored in the first region to a first default value.

    ARTIFACT REDUCTION USING A COMPENSATION IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20220413421A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17836100

    申请日:2022-06-09

    发明人: Chung-Hui Kuo

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G06K15/14 G06K15/02

    摘要: A method for reducing artifacts in an electrophotographic printing system includes receiving a print job including image data for a set of pages. The electrophotographic printing system is used to print a block of pages from the print job to provide corresponding printed pages. The image data for the block of pages is analyzed to determine an average toner usage rate. If the determined average toner usage rate for the block of pages falls outside an acceptable toner usage rate range, image data for a compensation image and a number of compensation images are determined such that the average toner usage rate will be brought back into the acceptable toner usage rate range.

    Sheet discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11514281B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17326495

    申请日:2021-05-21

    发明人: Kohei Mizuguchi

    摘要: A sheet discharging apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion supporting a sheet discharged out of a nip portion nipping the sheet and a guide portion provided opposed to an upper surface of the sheet fed out of the nip portion. The guide portion includes a fixed restricting portion restricting a rear end of the sheet with respect to a sheet discharging direction to moving upward away from an extension line in a sheet discharging direction of the nip portion after passing through the nip portion.

    Image forming apparatus having light emission control and image forming method

    公开(公告)号:US11449721B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17388355

    申请日:2021-07-29

    发明人: Masaki Ichikawa

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of print heads, a sensor, a processor, and an image forming unit. The plurality of print heads are arranged in parallel. The sensor detects a color shift amount of each color to be printed by the plurality of print heads in a main scanning direction based on an output result of a test pattern by the plurality of print heads. The processor sets a color shift correction value for correcting the color shift amount on the basis of a color having a largest color shift amount. The processor controls light emission of the plurality of print heads based on the color shift correction value and image data. The image forming unit forms an image based on the image data on a sheet by light emission of the plurality of print heads.

    Image forming apparatus with mode for setting transfer voltage

    公开(公告)号:US11308369B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16748411

    申请日:2020-01-21

    发明人: Haruhiko Omata

    IPC分类号: G06K15/02 G06K15/14

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer member configured to transfer a toner image carried on the image bearing member to a sheet by being applied with a voltage; a controller configured to execute a mode of outputting a test chart for setting a voltage to be applied to the transfer member during image formation, the mode being a mode of transferring a plurality of test images to the test chart by applying a plurality of different voltages to the transfer member; and an operation portion capable of setting a type of a sheet on which the mode is executed. The controller is configured to preset a voltage value for setting a voltage to be applied when the test images are transferred in execution of the mode based on a voltage value, which is set in the previous execution of the mode.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210405567A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17348998

    申请日:2021-06-16

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. The first mode is a mode in which a sheet conveyance unit is controlled so that an arrival time from a passage of a trailing edge of a preceding sheet through a nip portion to an arrival of a leading edge of a succeeding sheet succeeding to the preceding sheet at the nip portion becomes a first time. The second mode is a mode in which the sheet conveyance unit is controlled so that the arrival time becomes a second time. The third mode is a mode in which the sheet conveyance unit is controlled so that the arrival time becomes a third time. The second time is longer than the first time, and The third time is longer than the second time.

    Image forming apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11195068B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16748428

    申请日:2020-01-21

    发明人: Haruhiko Omata

    IPC分类号: G06K15/02 G06K15/14

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer member; and a controller configured to execute a plurality of modes of outputting a test chart, the modes involving transferring a plurality of test images to the test chart by applying a plurality of different voltages to the transfer member. The modes include a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which a number of voltage levels to be applied to the transfer member when the plurality of test images are transferred to the test chart is a first predetermined number, and the second mode being a mode in which the number of voltage levels to be applied to the transfer member when the plurality of test images are transferred to the test chart is a second predetermined number which is greater than the first predetermined number.