Patent ID: 6014532
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming an electrostatic latent image on a uniformly charged photoconductive element with a laser beam modulated in accordance with original image data, feeding toner to said photoconductive element to thereby produce a toner image corresponding to said latent image, transferring said toner image to a recording medium, and removing the toner left on said photoconductive element after image transfer to the recording medium, said image forming apparatus comprising:an applicator configured to apply a preselected low friction agent to a surface of said photoconductive element;an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an amount of said low friction agent to be applied to the surface of said photoconductive element by said applicator;an image reading device configured to read at least one of the toner image formed on said photoconductive element and the toner image transferred to the recording medium; anda controller configured to compare toner image data output from said image reading device and the original image data to determine whether or not the toner image read by said image reading device is defective based on the comparing, and to control based on a result of decision, the amount of said low friction agent to be applied to the surface of said photoconductive element via said adjusting mechanism.