Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

An image forming apparatus which conveys waste toner includes a buffer portion 101 capable of temporarily containing the waste toner and a waste toner container 102 capable of containing the waste toner and a waste toner container 102 capable of containing the waste toner. The waste toner is dominan...

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Main Authors SASAKI ICHIRO, ISEMURA KEIZO, ONODERA SHINICHI, NISHIKATA AKINOBU, NAGATA NAOHISA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.10.2006
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:An image forming apparatus which conveys waste toner includes a buffer portion 101 capable of temporarily containing the waste toner and a waste toner container 102 capable of containing the waste toner and a waste toner container 102 capable of containing the waste toner. The waste toner is dominantly contained in the waste toner container 102 compared with the buffer portion 101 . When the waste toner container 102 is filled with the waste toner, the waste toner can be contained in the buffer portion 101 . An engine controller 120 detects whether the buffer portion 101 is filled with the waste toner 112 or not through a buffer portion waste toner full state detection sensor 105 . When the buffer portion 101 is filled with the waste toner 112 , the engine controller controls so that a conveyance operation by a first waste toner pipe 103 and an image forming operation are stopped.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050042169