Title:
画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6961935
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image by an electrophotographic method, wherein the image forming device includes the photosensitive body on which two or more layers are laminated, and further includes a hardware processor that predicts a degree of consumption of a photosensitive body, and the hardware processor specifies timing when a layer begins to lie on an outermost side, the layer being one of the two or more layers and lying on the outermost side at time of predicting the degree of consumption, and uses an electrical characteristic of the image forming device after the timing specified, to predict the degree of consumption of the photosensitive body.
Inventors:
Tomo Yoshida
Application Number:
JP2016243671A
Publication Date:
November 05, 2021
Filing Date:
December 15, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G21/00; G03G15/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005266056A | ||||
| JP2009020388A | ||||
| JP2009042433A | ||||
| JP2009003249A | ||||
| JP2005156852A |
Foreign References:
| US20150111136 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fukami patent office