Image forming apparatus and image forming system

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PATENT NO 8489011
APP PUB NO 20130094871A1
SERIAL NO

13712821

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An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer to develop a latent image, a developer regulating member configured to regulate an amount of the developer carried on the bearing member, a voltage application unit that can apply a plurality of direct current voltages of different values between the bearing member and the regulating member, and a current detection unit that can detect a plurality of direct currents of different values flowing in the regulating member when the voltage application unit applies the plurality of direct current voltages, wherein the image forming apparatus sets a direct current voltage value Vb applied by the voltage application unit when developing the latent image, so that the following expression is satisfied: |Vb|>|Vbmin|, where Vbmin indicates a direct current voltage value when the direct current detected by the current detection unit is a minimum value.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Endo, Rie Yokohama, JP 16 62
Hagiwara, Kazunari Yokohama, JP 38 189
Sakaizawa, Katsuhiro Numazu, JP 41 510
Takahashi, Norio Suntou-gun, JP 143 2001

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