Image forming device
View Patent ↗An image forming device includes each of developing devices including an image carrying part, a charging part that charges the image carrying part, a developing part on which a developing voltage is applied and which attaches developer to the image carrying part to develop the electrostatic latent image, and a control part that controls each of the developing devices. The developers are a white developer and other color developers, one of the developing devices using the white developer being defined the white developing device, the others using the other color developers being defined the non-white developing devices, and a developing potential difference of the white developing device is smaller than other developing potential differences of the non-white developing devices, the developing potential difference being defined between the developing voltage and potential of the image carrying part of the each developing device.
1. An image forming device comprising:
a plurality of developing devices, each of which includes
an image carrying part that carries an electrostatic latent image,
a charging part that charges the image carrying part,
a developing part on which a developing voltage is applied and which attaches developer to the image carrying part to develop the electrostatic latent image so that a developer image is created, and
a control part that controls each of the developing devices, wherein
the developers are a white developer and other color developers, one of the developing devices using the white developer being defined the white developing device, the others using the other color developers being defined the non-white developing devices, and
a developing potential difference of the white developing device is smaller than other developing potential differences of the non-white developing devices, the developing potential difference being defined between the developing voltage and potential of the image carrying part of the each developing device.
2. The image forming device according to claim 1 wherein the white developer contains metal oxide.
3. The image forming device according to claim 2 wherein the metal oxide is titanium oxide.
4. The image forming device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a developing bias application part that applies the developing voltage to the developing part of each of the developing devices; and
a charging bias application part that applies a charging bias voltage to the charging part of each of the developing devices, wherein
the control part controls the developing bias application part and the charging bias application part differently according to a type of the developer used in the developing device.
5. The image forming device according to claim 4 , wherein
the control part controls in such a manner that an absolute value of the charging bias voltage of the white developing device is smaller than that of the charging bias voltage of the non-white developing device.
6. The image forming device according to claim 4 , wherein
the control part controls in such a manner that an absolute value of the developing bias voltage of the white developing device is larger than that of the developing bias voltage of the non-white developing device.
7. The image forming device according to claim 4 , wherein
the developing voltage for the white developing device is smaller than that for the non-white developing devices so that fogging of the developer images on the medium is prevented.
8. The image forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the white developer has a charging ability lower than the other color developers have.
9. The image forming device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a transfer part that transfers the developer image developed at the image carrying part of the developing device to a medium; and
a transfer bias application part that applies a transfer bias voltage to the transfer part, wherein
the control part controls the transfer bias voltage applied by the transfer bias application part.
10. The image forming device according to claim 9 , wherein
the transfer part superimposes and forms one developer image with the white developer and the other developer image with the non-white developer on the same side of the medium.
11. The image forming device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the image carrying parts has the transfer part.
12. The image forming device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an exposure part that is provided corresponding to each of the image carrying parts and exposes the image carrying part to form the electrostatic latent image; and
an exposure control part that controls exposure energy of the exposure part for exposing the image carrying part.
13. The image forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
potential of a surface of the developing device for the white developing device is smaller than those for the non-white developing devices so that fogging of the developer images on the medium is prevented.