Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Image forming apparatus capable of forming high quality toner image on uneven surface sheet
An image forming apparatus for forming a visual image on a recording medium includes a toner replacing device that replaces toner stored in a developing device with fresh toner, and a determiner that determines if a recording medium selected by a user necessitates replacement of the toner. The toner replacing device replaces the toner with fresh toner when the determiner determines that the recording medium necessitates replacement of the toner before the latent image is formed on a photoconductive member.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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