US 12,436,488 B2
Image forming apparatus operable in plural modes to set transfer voltage
Yusuke Minato, Chiba (JP); and Takenori Sueoka, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,567.
Application 18/360,567 is a division of application No. 17/686,660, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,754,957.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-059836 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367249 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5041 (2013.01) [G06K 15/027 (2013.01); G06K 15/129 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image;
a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member to a recording material;
an applying portion configured to apply a voltage to the transfer device;
a detecting portion configured to detect an image on the recording material onto which the image is transferred by the transfer device;
a controller configured to execute an operation in a setting mode in which, during non-image formation, a plurality of test images are transferred onto the recording material under application of different test voltages to the transfer device and then a transfer voltage to be applied to the transfer device during image formation is set on the basis of detection results detected by the detecting portion regarding the test images transferred onto the recording material; and
an operating portion configured to manually input instructions,
wherein the operating portion is configured to allow input of instructions specifying a mode to be executed from among multiple modes, including a first mode and a second mode, in executing the setting mode,
wherein the first mode is a mode in which, in executing the setting mode, a first transfer voltage is capable of being set as the transfer voltage to be applied when an image is transferred to a first side of a recording material, based on the detection results obtained by the detecting portion from detecting the plurality of test images, and
wherein the second mode is a mode in which, in executing the setting mode, a second transfer voltage different from the first transfer voltage is capable of being set as the transfer voltage to be applied when the image is transferred to the first side of the recording material, based on the detection results obtained by the detecting portion from detecting the plurality of test images which are formed under the same condition as that in the first mode.