ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,842, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomohiro Saito (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer member, an applying portion, a detecting portion, and a controller. In a case where an adjusting operation is executed from reception of a start signal of image formation to a start of transfer of an image on a first sheet in the transfer portion, the controller controls the applying portion so that a second test bias is higher in absolute value of a voltage than a first test bias and controls the applyi...