JP2007017583A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

A photoreceptor,
An exposure section;
A developing roller that contacts the photoreceptor and develops the latent image with a liquid toner containing a solid content and a carrier liquid;
A photoreceptor carrier liquid recovery member for recovering the carrier liquid of the photoreceptor developed by the developing roller;
A sequence in which a latent image having an on-paper image density of 1.0 or more is formed by the exposure unit, developed by the developing roller, recovered by the photosensitive carrier liquid recovery member, and stopped after the recovery. A control unit to be executed;
An image forming apparatus.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit starts execution of the sequence when the printing operation is stopped or after the printing operation is finished. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the latent image having an on-paper image density of 1.0 or more is formed with the entire width of the image area of the photoconductor.   A density adjusting unit that adjusts the solid content concentration of the liquid toner by using the carrier liquid collected by the photoreceptor carrier liquid collecting member, the liquid toner stored in the toner tank, and the carrier liquid stored in the carrier liquid tank; The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. A developing roller cleaning liquid collecting unit for collecting the liquid toner of the developing roller;
A separating unit that separates the liquid toner collected by the developing roller cleaning liquid collecting unit into a liquid having a first solid content concentration and a liquid having a second solid content concentration;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: The latent image formed on the photoconductor in the exposure unit is developed with liquid toner, the carrier liquid of the developed photoconductor is collected by a photoconductor carrier liquid collecting member, and the image from which the carrier liquid is collected is transferred to the intermediate transfer body. A printing process in which a printing operation is performed by an apparatus that
A step of forming a latent image having an on-paper image density of 1.0 or more on the photosensitive member by the exposure unit after the printing step;
Developing a latent image having an on-paper image density of 1.0 or more with liquid toner;
Collecting the developed carrier liquid of the photoconductor with the photoconductor carrier liquid collecting member;
Stopping the device;
An image forming method comprising:   The image forming method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of separating the intermediate transfer member from the photoconductor after the printing step. The image forming method according to claim 6, wherein, in the printing step, the developing roller bias applied to the developing roller after the printing is made larger than the developing roller bias applied to the developing roller.