Title:
画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6631308
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a medium on the basis of an input image signal includes: an image carrier configured to carry a developed toner image transferred to the medium on a photoreceptor layer; a contact member arranged so as to be in contact with the surface of the photoreceptor layer; a trace pattern generating unit configured to generate a trace pattern indicating specific information on the image forming apparatus; a composition unit configured to add the trace pattern to the image signal; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire information on the thickness of the photoreceptor layer of the image carrier, wherein the trace pattern is used for arranging a plurality of image areas at respective positions, and the trace pattern generating unit is configured to generate the trace pattern with the image area whose size is reduced in accordance with reduction of the thickness of the photoreceptor layer.
Inventors:
Yuki Akashi
Masahiro Mitsuzaki
Masahiro Mitsuzaki
Application Number:
JP2016030784A
Publication Date:
January 15, 2020
Filing Date:
February 22, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G21/04; G03G15/36
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001144949A | ||||
| JP2009036983A | ||||
| JP2015203759A | ||||
| JP6113110A | ||||
| JP2004289873A | ||||
| JP6113113A |
Foreign References:
| US5754933 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fukami patent office