Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer. The surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 ?m or more and 0.020 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 ?m or more and 0.200 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 ?m or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes, on an outer peripheral surface, a coating body of a solid lubricant selected from an organic layered compound or an organic-inorganic composite layered compound.

Abstract: An endless belt contains a resin and a surface modifier. The endless belt has, at an outer circumferential surface thereof, a sea-island structure including a sea portion containing the resin and island portions containing the surface modifier. The area of the island portions is equal to or less than 5% of the total area of the outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: A profile creation device that causes a display section to display a display screen displaying an input color space image and an output color space image, the profile creation device includes an acquisition section that acquires first color gamut data indicating a color space related to the input device and second color gamut data indicating a color space related to the output device, an image generating section configured to generate an input color space image of a three dimensional image based on the first color gamut data and an output color space image of a three dimensional image based on the second color gamut data, a display control section configured to generate screen data for displaying the display screen having an image display area for displaying the input color space image and the output color space image generated by the image generating section, and an input and output section for transmitting the screen data generated by the display control section to the display section.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a layer containing a resin and electrically conductive particles. In the endless belt, a discharge starting voltage at which discharge starts when a voltage is applied to the layer and increased is 0.9 kV or more.

Abstract: A unit includes: a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic charge image that is formed on a surface of an image carrier, as a toner image with a developer including a flat toner containing a flat pigment, the developer being accommodated in the developing device; and a transfer device including an intermediate transfer belt onto which the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is primarily transferred, a primary transfer device configured to primarily transfer the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and a secondary transfer device configured to secondarily transfer the toner image on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a resin and conductive carbon particles, and after the flat toner adheres to an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer belt in a loading amount of 3 g/cm2, in a case where air is blow

Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, in which surface layer includes a sea-island structure that includes a sea phase and an island phase, in which the sea phase includes a resin, the island phase including an organopolysiloxane.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer. The difference between the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 100 V, a temperature of 22° C., and a relative humidity of 55% and the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 22° C., and a relative humidity of 55% is 2.0 log ?·cm or less. The difference between the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 28° C., and a relative humidity of 85% and the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 10° C., and a relative humidity of 30% is 1.0 log ?·cm or less.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer. The difference between the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 100 V, a temperature of 22° C., and a relative humidity of 55% and the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 22° C., and a relative humidity of 55% is 2.0 log ?·cm or less. The difference between the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 28° C., and a relative humidity of 85% and the volume resistivity of the intermediate transfer body at an application voltage of 500 kV, a temperature of 10° C., and a relative humidity of 30% is 1.0 log ?·cm or less.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit that charges a surface of the photosensitive member, an electrostatic image formation unit that forms an electrostatic image on the charged surface of the photosensitive member, a developing unit that includes a developer including a toner and develops the electrostatic image formed on the surface of the photosensitive member with the developer to form a toner image, an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer, the surface layer including an acrylic resin and a fluorine-containing polyether, a first transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a surface of the intermediate transfer body as first transfer, a second transfer unit that transfers the toner image transferred on the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium as second transfer, and an intermediate transfer body cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade including a tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer disposed on a surface of a contact

Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, in which surface layer includes a sea-island structure that includes a sea phase and an island phase, in which the sea phase includes a resin, the island phase including an organopolysiloxane.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer that includes an acrylic resin and a fluorine-containing polyether, first and second transfer units, and an intermediate transfer body cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade including a tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer disposed on a surface of a contact portion of the cleaning blade, the contact portion being arranged to contact the intermediate transfer body, and removes a residual toner by bringing the cleaning blade into contact with the intermediate transfer body. Linear velocities of the intermediate transfer body and the photosensitive member are adjusted to satisfy a requirement (1): Requirement (1): 0.3?|Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body?Linear velocity of Photosensitive member|/Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body×100?1.5.

Abstract: A unit includes: a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic charge image that is formed on a surface of an image carrier, as a toner image with a developer including a flat toner containing a flat pigment, the developer being accommodated in the developing device; and a transfer device including an intermediate transfer belt onto which the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is primarily transferred, a primary transfer device configured to primarily transfer the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and a secondary transfer device configured to secondarily transfer the toner image on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a resin and conductive carbon particles, and after the flat toner adheres to an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer belt in a loading amount of 3 g/cm2, in a case where air is blow

Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.

Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.

Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.

Abstract: A method of creating teacher data used for creating a color prediction model that predicts a spectral reflectance of a printed matter printed using an ink amount set from the ink amount set that is a combination of ink amounts of inks used for printing, includes, in an ink amount space in which a plurality of lattice points are disposed, selecting an ink amount set from an ink amount set associated with each lattice point, according to a predetermined selection rule, acquiring a spectral reflectance of a color chart printed on a printing medium using the selected ink amount set, and setting the teacher data using the selected ink amount set as an input value and the acquired spectral reflectance as an output value.

Abstract: A method of creating teacher data used for creating a color prediction model that predicts a spectral reflectance of a printed matter printed using an ink amount set from the ink amount set that is a combination of ink amounts of inks used for printing, includes, in an ink amount space in which a plurality of lattice points are disposed, selecting an ink amount set from an ink amount set associated with each lattice point, according to a predetermined selection rule, acquiring a spectral reflectance of a color chart printed on a printing medium using the selected ink amount set, and setting the teacher data using the selected ink amount set as an input value and the acquired spectral reflectance as an output value.

Abstract: An endless belt includes either a single-layer body including a layer including an imide resin and conductive particles, or a multilayer body including the layer as an outermost layer. The ratio y/x of the layer is 0.8992 or more and 1.0157 or less, where x [log ?/?] is the common logarithm of the surface resistivity of the outer peripheral surface of the layer measured with a ring probe when a voltage of 100 V is applied to the layer for 3 seconds at a load of 1 kg, and y [log ?·cm] is the common logarithm of the volume resistivity of the layer measured with a ring probe when a voltage of 100 V is applied to the layer for 5 seconds at a load of 1 kg.