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Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005055834
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an image forming apparatus, process cartridges, developing devices and an image formation method which prevent an erroneous exchange by a worker on the process cartridges or developing devices of a plurality of colors and which makes stock management and manufacture costs low.

Only a carrier C is housed in a developing section 23 of a new process cartridge 20 so that a plurality of process cartridges corresponding to toners T of a plurality of colors are made common. Toners T in a plurality of colors are supplied from a toner supply section 32 to the developing section 23 after the new process cartridge 20 is installed in an installing section of the apparatus main body.


Inventors:
WATANABE KAZUTO
NARIMI SATOSHI
TAMAKI SHINJI
HATORI SATOSHI
KATO TSUTOMU
MIZUISHI HARUJI
TANIGAWA TETSUO
TANZAWA SETSU
Application Number:
JP2003289337A
Publication Date:
March 03, 2005
Filing Date:
August 07, 2003
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Assignee:
RICOH KK
International Classes:
G03G9/09; G03G9/107; G03G9/113; G03G15/01; G03G15/08; G03G21/16; G03G21/18; G03G9/10; (IPC1-7): G03G21/16; G03G9/09; G03G9/10; G03G9/107; G03G9/113; G03G15/01; G03G15/08; G03G21/18