ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,660, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shozo Aiba (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a voltage applying portion, a feeding portion, a detecting portion, a storing portion, a controller for controlling a first operation in which on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion, a kind of the recording material set in the feeding portion is stored in the storing portion, and a second operation in which an adjusting chart is outputted for adjusting a transfer voltage; and an inputting portion...