Abstract: An electrode plate includes a base electrode plate, an edge forming electrode plate on the base electrode plate, and an ink reception absorption bodies embedded into the edge forming electrode plate. A plurality of head modules are precisely attached to the electrode plate so that nozzle rows formed in nozzle plates of the head modules extend following corresponding windows formed in the electrode plate. Such a precise attachment is realized by matching the pinholes formed in the nozzle plates to the corresponding pinholes formed in the base electrode plate and the edge-forming electrode plate.

Abstract: An optical recording apparatus includes a light-transmitting diffraction grating at a front focus of an imaging lens and a multi-channel acousto-optic modulator provided at a back focus of the lens. An angle formed between a plane formed by diffracted beams emerging from the lens and a revolution surface of a rotating polygonal mirror is set to be equal to an angle at which the beam diffracted by the multi-channel acousto-optic modulator emerges to be incident on the mirror. The diffracted beams are incident on the imaging lens to satisfy a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A perfecting press apparatus for forming images on both sides of a transfer medium. With respect to a transferring current Ipt of an image forming unit, current Ipc is made large which flows from a charge control instrument for controlling charge polarity of the toner on the transfer medium in the direction of the transfer medium. In particular, in the image forming unit causing retransfer, a de-charging light source is installed between the a developing device and a transferring device for canceling charges other than at a latent image part of an image carrier, so that the relationship between Ipt and Ipc is to be 3×Ipc≦Ipc≦6×Ipt, whereby the retransfer is suppressed to minimum for producing satisfied quality of image.

Abstract: An optical recording apparatus includes an optical system, a photosensitive drum and a rotational mechanism. Multibeam laser light is focused through the optical system to form an image as a column of image-forming beam spots on the photosensitive drum. The column of image-forming beam spots is arranged obliquely on the photosensitive drum and scanned to perform optical recording. The optical system includes a resolution converting lens system which is detachably attached into the optical system. The rotating mechanism adjusts rotation of the resolution converting lens system around an optical axis thereof. The resolution converting lens system is rotated by the rotating mechanism to change of resolution of the recording image. The resolution converting lens system is attached into and detached from the optical system to change of resolution of the recording image.

Abstract: A developing unit in an electro-photographic apparatus such as a printer, a facsimile and a copier for actualizing an image employing colored particles such as toner, and more particularly to a developing unit for forming a toner image on the surface of a photosensitive body. The developing unit includes a plurality of developing rollers each having a core and a sleeve. The sleeve accommodates the core. The plurality of developing rollers include a first developing roller and a second developing roller. The sleeve for the first developing roller is rotated to move in the same direction as a moving direction of the surface of the photosensitive body. The sleeve for the second developing roller is rotated to move in an opposite direction to the moving direction of the surface of the photosensitive body. The core for at least one of the plurality of developing rollers is driven in rotation.

Abstract: In a print position setting method, a sequence of the following operations of printing a toner mark 4 by the obverse side printer, of detecting the toner mark 4 by a mark sensor 9, and feeding a printing sheet a distance ranging from a toner mark detecting position 12 to a page leading edge position 6 when the printing operation starts, is automated.

Abstract: An electrophotographic device with a laser power correction device (and method therefor) includes a laser power detection sensor retractably disposed relative to a laser beam optical path of a laser beam, a laser power adjusting device for controlling laser power of the laser beam based on an output from the laser power detection sensor, and a controller for inserting the laser power detection sensor into the optical path and applying laser power correction when a total laser beam activation time has reached a predetermined time and printing is stopped.

Abstract: Electrostatic image developing toner includes fixing resin; and wax. The wax is hydrocarbon-based wax. The wax is containing, as its constitutional components, first wax and second wax. The first wax is higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 75% and not higher than 85% in degree of crystallinity. The second wax is not higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 85% and not higher than 95% in degree of crystallinity.

Abstract: An electrophotographic cluster printing system for performing printing by using a plurality of electrophotographic recording apparatuses such as printers, facsimile machines or copying machines each capable of manifesting an image by using colored particles such as toner. The electrophotographic cluster printing system includes a plurality of electrophotograhic recording apparatuses each including a photoconductor, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, and an image quality controller for detecting a factor concerning image quality and controlling image quality of an output image on the basis of information of the detected factor. In the system, at least two of the electrophotograhic recording apparatuses is used for printing one job and image quality of any one of the electrophotograhic recording apparatuses is controlled on the basis of detected information of the other electrophotograhic recording apparatuses.

Abstract: A multi-color printer (and a method therefor) includes a drum-shaped photosensitive body for black toner, a belt-shaped toner carrier for non-black color toner, a first transferring unit for transferring a color-toner image formed on the belt-shaped toner carrier to a medium, a second transferring unit for transferring a black toner image formed on the drum-shaped photosensitive body, the drum-shaped photosensitive body being disposed near the belt-shaped toner carrier, and a fusing unit for fusing to the medium the black toner image and the color toner image transferred to the paper.

Abstract: A light scanner has a light source 1 of a two-dimensional array consisting of a plurality of light source elements, a coupling lens system 2 for collimating a light flux from the light source 1, a shaping lens system (cylindrical lens 4 and lens 5) for shaping the light flux, light beam deflection means 6 for deflecting and scanning the post-shaped light flux, and a scanning lens system 7 for forming an image of the deflected and scanned light flux on a scanned medium 8. Assuming that the focal length of the coupling lens system 2 is f, a slit 3 for limiting the subscanning direction width as a member for shielding a part of the light flux is placed at a location at a distance of about f from the coupling lens system 2 in an opposite direction to the light source 1.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided in which a misregistration of an image forming-position due to a tension, acting on a continuous recording medium, and a fluctuation thereof, is corrected with a low-cost construction to provide an image of high quality. A pair of recording medium speed detection devices are provided upstream and downstream of an image forming section, respectively, and a misregistration correction amount is calculated from a detected recording medium feed speed so as to correct the image forming position.