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- JPH0318181B2 JPH0318181B2 JP59150448A JP15044884A JPH0318181B2 JP H0318181 B2 JPH0318181 B2 JP H0318181B2 JP 59150448 A JP59150448 A JP 59150448A JP 15044884 A JP15044884 A JP 15044884A JP H0318181 B2 JPH0318181 B2 JP H0318181B2
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Description
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ããéé»èšé²åã³é»ååçã®åéã§å©çšããããDetailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a color image forming apparatus that forms a color image by sequentially forming toner images on an image support, and is applicable to the fields of electrostatic recording and electrophotography. used.
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Conventionally, to form a color image using electrophotography, for example, the steps of charging, image exposure, development, and transfer are repeated for each component color to obtain toner images of each color superimposed on recording paper. ing. That is, in order to form a color image using yellow, magenta, cyan, and black toners using light modulated by color information data from a color original, the above steps are repeated four times to obtain a color toner image. It will be done like this. However, in such a color image forming method, it is necessary to transfer each color toner to a transfer body each time development is completed, which causes problems such as an increase in the size of the device, a complicated recording process, and a large loss of time. be. Furthermore, since the toner images of each color are transferred onto the recording paper in separate steps, there are problems such as transfer misalignment, resulting in the formation of a blurred color image.
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害ãããã Therefore, there is a color image forming method that solves the above problem by superimposing and developing a plurality of toner images on the same photoreceptor so that only one transfer step is required. However, even with this method, there are disadvantages such as the toner image obtained by the previous development being disturbed during the subsequent development, and the toner from the previous stage being mixed into the developer of the latter stage, disrupting the color balance of the final image. .
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PHã®é»äœäžæåã瀺ãã The principle of the image forming method described in the publication using the above development method will be explained below. The flowchart in FIG. 1 shows changes in the surface potential of the photoreceptor when it is positively charged and developed with positive toner. PH is the exposed area of the photoreceptor, DA is the unexposed area of the photoreceptor, DUP is the increase in potential caused by the positively charged toner T adhering to the exposed area PH during the first development, and CUP is the increase in potential due to the second charging. exposed area
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Here, by applying a positive bias whose DC component is approximately equal to the surface potential E of the unexposed area to the developing device to perform development, the positively charged toner in the developing device is transferred to the exposed area PH, which has a relatively low potential. It becomes attached and a first visible image is formed. In the area where the visible image is formed, the potential increases by DUP due to the adhesion of positively charged toner, but then a second charge is applied by the scorotron charger, which further increases the surface potential by CUP. The non-exposed area
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A second imagewise exposure is performed to form an electrostatic latent image, and a second visible image is obtained through a similar development operation.
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Even in an additive color method in which color reproduction is performed without overlapping primary colors at the same position on the screen, insufficient image density may occur for the same reason. Therefore, when forming a color image, a developing device containing black toner is usually prepared.
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The figure is a sectional view of a main part of a color image forming apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the developing device in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the arithmetic processing section in the color correction means. 5 and 6 are diagrams explaining the algorithm of the calculation processing in the calculation processing section of FIG.
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ã®ã«ã©ãŒç»å圢æè£ çœ®ã[Scope of Claims] 1. A means for color correcting image data consisting of color information, a means for forming a latent image on an image support based on the result of color correction by the means, and a latent image formed by the means. It has a plurality of developing means for reversing developing a latent image with toners of different colors, and by repeating charging, image exposure, and reversal development to sequentially form a plurality of different toner images on the image support. The apparatus for forming an image is characterized in that the color correction means has a calculation processing section for comparing and calculating the color information and converting yellow, magenta, and cyan image data into black components based on the results. color image forming device. 2. The color image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein data indicating the lowest density value of image data having yellow, magenta, and cyan components is subtracted from the respective color data, and this is used as a black component. . Formula Yo=Yiâmin(Yi, Mi, Ci) Mo=Miâmin(Yi, Mi, Ci) Co=Ciâmin(Yi, Mi, Ci) Bo=Bi+min(Yi, Mi, Ci) [In the formula Yi, Mi, Ci, Bi are input data indicating the density values of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black that are input to the calculation processing unit, and Yo, Mo, Co, and Bo are the yellow, magenta, and cyan converted by the calculation processing unit. , data indicating the black density value, min (Yi, Mi, Ci) is 3
This data indicates the minimum density value among the color data Yi, Mi, and Ci. 3. The color image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the second and subsequent developing means of the plurality of developing means are means for developing in a non-contact manner. 4. The color image forming apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the plurality of developing means are means for performing reversal development.
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GB08517625A GB2164222B (en) | 1984-07-18 | 1985-07-12 | Method and apparatus for multicolor image forming |
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