Abstract: In an image forming apparatus a length of a transfer material in a conveying direction thereof is L.sub.p, a length of a toner image transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt in a shifting direction is L.sub.p ', a distance between a first transfer portion t.sub.1 and a second transfer portion t.sub.2 along the shifting direction of the intermediate transfer belt is L.sub.t1-t2 and a distance between the second transfer portion t.sub.2 and a fixing portion fix along the shifting direction of the transfer material is L.sub.t2-fix, so that the following relation is established:L.sub.t1-t2 >L.sub.p ' and L.sub.p >L.sub.t2-fix.After a first transfer is complete and before initiation of a second transfer, the speed of the intermediate transfer belt is decreased, so that, following to the second transfer process at a low speed, the toner image can be fixed onto the transfer material at a low speed. With this arrangement, the distance L.sub.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting an image signal, a conversion unit for converting the image signal input by the input unit into a pulsewidth modulated signal, a driving unit for driving a beam emission device for forming an image in accordance with the pulsewidth modulated signal, a detection unit for detecting an intensity of a beam emitted from the beam emission device, and a setting unit for setting conversion conditions for the conversion unit in accordance with an output from the detection unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for electrostatically bearing a toner image; a dielectric member movable along an endless path through a transfer position of the image bearing member; an electroconductive member in contact with the dielectric member at a side remote from the image bearing member, wherein the electroconductive member is supplied with a voltage having a polarity opposite from that of a charge polarity of the toner image to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the dielectric member at the transfer position; wherein the electroconductive member is electrically grounded to generate an electric field for transferring the toner from the dielectric member to the image bearing member at the transfer position.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus prevents the offset of toner onto a fixing roller, by forming a surface mold release layer made of pure fluororesin material on a core member of the fixing roller and by applying a bias voltage to the fixing roller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a movable intermediary transfer belt extended around a plurality of supporting shafts, the intermediary transfer belt includes a core member and elastic layers sandwiching the core member, wherein a toner image on the image bearing member is transferred onto the intermediary transfer belt, and the toner image on the intermediary transfer belt is transferred onto a transfer material; wherein a distance r (mm) between a center of such one of the supporting shafts as has a minimum diameter and a center of the core member, a distance L.sub.1 (mm) between the center of the core member and a surface of the intermediary transfer belt where toner image transfer occurs, a distance L.sub.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an image; an intermediary transfer member onto which an image is transferred from the image bearing member at a first transfer position and from which the image thus transferred is transferred onto a transfer material at a second transfer position; a contact member provided at an image bearing side of the intermediary transfer member, the contact member being capable of forming a nip between the intermediary transfer member; a supporting member for supporting the intermediary transfer member at a position opposite from the nip; a sum of a resistance value of the contact member and a resistance value of the supporting member is not more than 1/10 of a resistance value of the intermediary transfer member; and the contact member and the supporting member are contacted to the intermediary transfer member, and when no transfer material is present at the nip, a voltage is detected while a predetermined current is applied between the contact mem

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying toner images of different colors; a rotatable intermediary transfer member to which the toner images are superimposedly transferred from said image bearing member onto said intermediary transfer member at a first transfer position, wherein the toner images are then transferred all together from said intermediary transfer member onto the transfer material at a second transfer position; wherein said intermediary transfer member includes an elastic layer having a thickness of 0.5-2 (mm), a coating layer, on said elastic layer, having a volume resistivity which is larger than that of said elastic layer, and said intermediary transfer member satisfies:T.ltoreq..tau..ltoreq.500 (sec)where .tau.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearing member on which a toner image can be formed; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image is transferable from the first image bearing member; wherein the toner image is further transferred onto a second image bearing member therefrom; wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a conductive layer to which a voltage is applied, a surface layer on the conductive layer, and a volume resistivity of the surface layer is 10.sup.5 -10.sup.11 ohm.cm.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image bearing belt wherein a toner image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member is temporarily transferred to the image bearing belt and the toner image transferred to the image bearing member is used in a system for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material. It comprises a rubber layer having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and a high resistive layer having at a transfer position where the toner image is transferred in an image forming apparatus, a thickness of 100 .mu.m or less and having an average net resistance value greater than that of the rubber layer at that transfer position by ten times or more, thereby forming a good multi toner image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a transfer material using an intermediary transfer member, includes a first image bearing member; toner image forming means for forming a toner image on said first image bearing member; an intermediary transfer member, as a second image bearing member, movable along an endless path in contact with said first image bearing member; first transfer means for transferring the toner image from said first image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member at a first transfer position of said intermediary transfer member; second transfer means for transferring the toner image from said intermediary transfer member onto the transfer material at a second transfer position of said intermediary transfer member; wherein said intermediary transfer member comprises as a base material flexible rubber belt having a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm, and an actual resistance R.sub.B1 (Ohm) thereof and an electrostatic capacity C.sub.B1 (F) satisfy:R.sub.B1 <1/C.sub.B1.

Abstract: A color image forming apparatus is provided with a number of image stations respectively corresponding to different color components and adapted to form images of respectively corresponding color components in succession and in superposed manner on a recording medium transported through the a number of image stations. The apparatus has memories for storing image data of respective color components to be supplied to the image stations, detectors for detecting aberration in registration of the images of respective color components formed by the image stations, and a controller for controlling the write-in positions of the image data of respective color components into the memories, based on the output of the detector.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a recording medium bearing member bearing a recording medium thereon and rotatable, the recording medium bearing member having in the surface thereof a recess extending in the direction of the rotary shaft thereof, image formation being effected on the recording medium born on the recording medium bearing member, and a rotatable member abutted against the recording medium bearing member, the rotatable member being provided with a abutting portion abutted against the recording medium bearing member, and a regulating portion adapted to abut against the recording medium bearing member when the recess and the rotatable member become opposed to each other. Thus, the distance between the recess and the bearing portion, is regulated the rotatable member being movable between a first position in which the abutting portion abuts against the recording medium bearing member and a second position in which the regulating portion abuts against the recording medium bearing member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming means for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, a rotary member contacted with a surface of the image bearing member, a transfer member for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to the rotary member, and a cleaning member for removing residual toner from the image bearing member. Wherein a longitudinal width of a contact area between the image bearing member and the rotary member is smaller than the length of the cleaning member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a charger for charging the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member; an exposure device for exposing the photosensitive member to image light; a developing device for developing the latent image with toner; a transfer member contactable to the photosensitive member at a transfer position, the transfer member comprising an electrically conductive base, a high resistance surface layer, and a low resistance or intermediate resistance conductive layer between the conductive base and the surface layer; and transfer voltage applying device for applying a transfer voltage to the transfer member; wherein Ws>Wt>Wp>W1 is satisfied, where Ws is a width of a photosensitive layer measured in a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of the photosensitive member, W1 is an image exposure width of the exposure device, Wp is a width of a transfer material usable with the image form

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member bearing images thereon and movable, and a transfer medium bearing member provided in pressure contact with the image bearing member and bearing a transfer medium thereon and rotatable. The transfer medium bearing member has a sheet member for bearing the transfer medium thereon, and an elastic layer supporting that area of the sheet member bearing the transfer medium thereon from the inside of the sheet member. A voltage is applied to the transfer medium bearing member to transfer the images on the image bearing member to the transfer medium born on the sheet member. The sheet member has an area not fixed to the elastic layer. The transfer medium bearing member is rotated with a potential difference created between the image bearing member and the sheet member before the operation of transferring the images on the image bearing member to the transfer medium born on the sheet member is started.

Abstract: An image forming system for forming an image on a recording sheet, including a rotatable image bearing member, a cleaning member contacting the image bearing member to remove toner remaining on the image bearing member, and charger means contacting the image bearing member and disposed at a downstream side of the cleaning member in a direction of movement of the image bearing member. Lubricant having a low resistance is painted on a contacting portion of the cleaning member between the image bearing member and the cleaning member.

Abstract: A fixating device has a first rotatable member in contact with an unfixated image borne on a recording medium, a second rotatable member forming a nip together with the second rotatable member, a first heater for heating the first rotatable member, a second heater for heating the second rotatable member, and power supply controlling means for controlling the supply of electric power to the first heater and the second heater. The power supply controlling means is adapted to control the supply of electric power so that when the electric power supplied to the first heater is Wa and the electric power supplied to the second heater is Wb and the ratio when the recording medium is nipped between and conveyed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member is Dp=Wa/Wb and the ratio during standby is Ds=Wa/Wb, there may be established Dp>Ds.

Abstract: A bias voltage including an AC voltage component is applied to a development sleeve. When the development sleeve opposes a non-image region of a photosensitive drum, a reference bias voltage including a constant current AC voltage component or a reference bias voltage including a constant voltage AC voltage component is applied to the development sleeve, and an AC voltage value or an AC current value applied to the development sleeve at that time is detected. An image formation factor is controlled on the basis of the detected AC voltage value or the detected AC current value.

Abstract: A laser beam printer which includes a laser beam emitting device for emitting a laser beam which has been modulated in accordance with image information; a rotatable deflecting device for rotatably deflecting the laser beam emitted from the beam emitting device; a rotatable photosensitive member which is scanningly exposed to light by the laser beam deflected by the deflecting device; and a control device for controlling the rotation of the deflecting device and that of the photosensitive member. The control device starts the rotation of the deflecting device after starting the rotation of the photosensitive member, so that the deflecting device reaches a predetermined rotational speed simultaneously with completion of pre-rotation of the photosensitive member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearing member on which a toner image can be formed; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image is transferable from the first image bearing member; wherein the toner image is further transferred onto a second image bearing member therefrom; wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a conductive layer to which a voltage is applied, a surface layer on the conductive layer, and a volume resistivity of the surface layer is 10.sup.5 -10.sup.11 ohm.cm.