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Patent Inventor Names
Masahiko Matsuura0
Toshiya Natsuhara0
Takeshi Maeyama0
Junya Hirayama0
Shigeo Uetake0
Date of Patent
July 20, 2010
0Patent Application Number
118058150
Date Filed
May 24, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A developing unit using a two-component developer intended to provide an image forming apparatus capable of forming a high-quality image for a long period of time. A developing unit using a developer contains toner, carrier and opposite polarity particles having a polarity opposite to the charging polarity of toner includes separation means for separating the toner or opposite polarity particles, and control mechanism for controlling opposite polarity particle separation ratio in response to the image area ratio and the number of prints.
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