CN117761984A - Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, control device thereof, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides an image forming apparatus including a driving unit, a control method thereof, a control device, and a storage medium, the method including: when the image forming device is in a first working state and a target event is detected to meet a preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction; and after the second time period passes, controlling the driving unit to rotate in the second direction at the first rotating speed or a second rotating speed lower than the first rotating speed. According to the method, after the consumable preheating and stirring of the image forming equipment are finished or the paper jam cleaning is finished, the drive unit is controlled to reversely rotate for a certain period of time to transfer the residual carbon powder on the OPC surface to the cleaning scraper, the cleaning scraper is used for cleaning, the quality of printed images is guaranteed, meanwhile, the pressure of the OPC gear is reduced, and the torque of the drive unit is reduced.

Description

Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, control device thereof, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the technical field of image forming apparatuses, and in particular, to an image forming apparatus, a control method, a control device, and a storage medium thereof.

Background

The printer requires that the driving units of the printer continuously rotate in the same direction during execution of the job to provide driving force to the corresponding components. Wherein, the continuous same direction rotation of the driving unit easily causes excessive gear pressure of the driving unit of the photosensitive drum, thereby increasing torque of the driving unit, easily damaging equipment, and even affecting imaging quality.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides image forming equipment and a control method, a control device and a storage medium thereof, by the method, residual carbon powder on the surface of a photosensitive drum can be transferred to a cleaning scraper by controlling a driving unit to rotate reversely for a certain period of time after the consumable preheating and stirring of the image forming equipment are finished or the cleaning of a card paper is finished, the image quality is ensured to be printed by the cleaning scraper, meanwhile, the driving gear pressure of the photosensitive drum is reduced, and the torque of the driving unit is reduced.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image forming apparatus control method, the image forming apparatus including a driving unit, the method including: when the image forming device is in a first working state and a target event is detected to meet a preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction; waiting a second period of time after controlling the driving unit to rotate in a first direction at a first rotational speed, and after the second period of time has elapsed, controlling the driving unit to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed; wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

In one possible implementation, when the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the target event is detected to meet the preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at the first rotation speed for a first period of time in the first direction includes: when the image forming apparatus is in a power-on state or a warm-up agitation state, it is detected that a cover of the image forming apparatus is opened and then closed, or it is detected that the image forming apparatus is awake, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time.

In one possible implementation manner, when the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the target event is detected to meet the preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at the first rotation speed in the first direction for the first period further includes: when the image forming device is in a standby state or a cleaning state and the fixing temperature in the image forming device is detected to reach a preset temperature threshold value, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction; or when the image forming apparatus is in the preheating stirring state, the consumable component of the image forming apparatus is received to complete the stirring instruction, and the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction.

In one possible implementation, the first time period is less than the second time period, and the time periods of the first time period and the second time period are inversely related to the printing speed of the image forming apparatus.

In one possible implementation, the printing speed is positively correlated with the rotational speed of the drive unit.

In one possible implementation, the first direction is a counterclockwise direction and the second direction is a clockwise direction.

In one possible implementation, the second rotational speed rotation is a first rotational speed of 1/2, or the second rotational speed is a first rotational speed of 3/4.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide an image forming apparatus control device, where the image forming apparatus includes a driving unit, and the device may include a state detection module, an event detection module, and a driving control module, where the driving control module includes the driving unit; a state detection module for acquiring a first working state of the image forming apparatus; the event detection module is used for detecting whether a target event meets a preset condition or not and sending a detection result to the drive control module; the driving control module is used for controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction when the detection result is determined to be satisfied; and further for controlling the drive unit to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed after waiting for the second period of time; wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control apparatus of an image forming device, including a processor and a memory, where the memory is configured to store at least one instruction, where the instruction is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the control method of the image forming device provided in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide an image forming apparatus including the image forming apparatus control device provided in the third aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the control method of the image forming apparatus provided in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, including a computer program or instructions, which when executed by a processor implement the control method of the image forming apparatus provided in the first aspect.

Through the technical scheme, after the image forming equipment is in different working states, residual carbon powder on the surface of the photosensitive drum is turned to the cleaning scraper by controlling the driving unit to rotate reversely for a certain period of time, the cleaning scraper is used for cleaning, the quality of printed images is guaranteed, meanwhile, the pressure of the gear of the photosensitive drum is reduced, the torque of the driving unit is reduced, and then the driving unit is controlled to rotate forward so as to provide corresponding driving force for subsequent operation of the image forming equipment.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description will be given below of the drawings that are needed in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a control method of the image forming apparatus provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of pulse signals of a driving unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a control device of the image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1, an image forming apparatus 100 is used to execute an image forming job, and examples of the image forming apparatus 100 include printers, scanners, copiers, facsimile machines, and multifunction peripherals (MFPs, multi-Functional Peripheral) in a single apparatus that can perform functions of receiving images, printing images, and the like.

As an example of an image forming apparatus 100, the image forming apparatus 100 includes a photosensitive drum 101Y-K, a charging roller 102Y-K, a developing roller 103Y-K, a powder hopper 104Y-K, a transfer belt 105, a secondary transfer roller 106, a paper feed cassette 107, a manual paper feed tray 108, a pickup roller (paper feed roller) 109, a conveying roller 110, a paper detection sensor 120, a laser scanning unit (LSU, laser Scanning Unit) 111, a fixing roller (including a heat roller 112, a pressure roller 113), a discharge roller 114, a discharge paper cassette 115, and the like. Generally, the process cartridges C-M include a photosensitive drum 101Y-K, a charging roller 102Y-K, a developing roller 103Y-K, and a toner hopper 104Y-K for holding toner, respectively.

LSU 111 is in the form of a single LSU comprising four beam optical paths. The four charging rollers 102Y-K are used for charging the surfaces of the four photosensitive drums 101Y-K, respectively, the four light paths of the LSU 111 emit laser beams to form electrostatic latent images on the surfaces of the photosensitive drums 101Y-K, the four developing rollers 103Y-K are used for developing the surfaces of the photosensitive drums 101Y-K to form toner images of one color, respectively, the image forming apparatus 100 adopts a secondary transfer mode, that is, the four photosensitive drums 101Y-K transfer the toner images onto the transfer belt 105 in sequence, and then the color toner images formed on the transfer belt 105 are transferred onto paper secondarily via the secondary transfer roller 106. The paper feed cassette 107 is used to store paper sheets, and the pickup roller 109 is used to convey the stored paper sheets to a conveyance path (i.e., a paper path later). The conveying roller 110 is used to convey the sheet to the secondary transfer roller 106.

The secondary transfer roller 106 conveys the imaged paper to a nip region of a heat roller 112 and a pressure roller 113, the heat roller 112 and the pressure roller 113 are used for fixing the toner image on the paper, the heat roller 112 can adopt a ceramic heating mode, the heat roller 112 and the pressure roller 113 convey the fixed paper to a discharge roller 114, and the discharge roller 114 discharges the paper to a discharge paper cassette 115 and stacks.

Wherein the laser scanning unit 111 acquires an optical analog image signal of an original/source document by exposure of an optical print head. The paper detection sensor 120 is used to detect whether there is paper in the paper path channel where it is located.

The paper feeding cassette 107 is provided with a paper outlet, the pickup roller 109 is specifically configured to feed the paper contained in the paper feeding cassette 107 from the paper outlet into a paper path channel for transfer printing, and the image forming apparatus 100 further includes a driving mechanism (not shown) that drives the pickup roller 109 to operate, where the driving mechanism is a driving motor, and is configured to drive the pickup roller 109 to move, so as to implement a paper pickup operation. The driving mechanism 181 is electrically connected to a controller (not shown) of the image forming apparatus to realize operation control of the driving mechanism by the controller. The controller is electrically connected to the paper detection sensor 120, and the paper detection sensor sends the detection result information of whether paper exists on the paper path channel to the controller.

The image forming apparatus 100 further includes an operation panel (not shown) including an operation portion (not shown) constituted by various keys and a touch panel type display portion (not shown).

It is to be understood that the above-listed image forming apparatus 100 is only an example, and the component configuration and component arrangement of the image forming apparatus 100 may be adjusted according to actual situations without affecting the improved idea of the present invention.

In some embodiments, the image forming apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application further includes a driving unit, which may be a driving motor in the image forming apparatus shown in fig. 1, for providing driving force for executing job tasks such as a print job, a scan job, a copy job, and the like for the image forming apparatus. Wherein the driving unit may provide a forward driving force by a forward rotation (clockwise rotation) and may provide a reverse driving force by a reverse rotation (counterclockwise rotation).

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a control method of the image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 2, the method may include the steps of:

s201: when the image forming apparatus is in a first operating state and a target event is detected to meet a preset condition, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed for a first period of time in a first direction.

In some application scenarios, the power-on state is entered upon the image forming apparatus being connected to a power source and started. And if the operation instruction is not detected within the preset time after the image forming equipment is started, entering a dormant state. In the process of the image forming apparatus receiving the print job and executing the print job, the image forming apparatus sequentially undergoes the following states: a warm-up state, a stirring state, a ready state, an image forming state, and a cleaning state. In some embodiments, the preheat state and the stir state may be combined into one state, i.e., a preheat stir state. The ready state can also be understood as a standby state. In this warm-up agitation state, the image forming apparatus heats a fixing member (such as a fixing roller) within the apparatus, and agitates a printing consumable (such as a cartridge). And detecting whether the temperature of the fixing component is heated to a preset temperature threshold value (namely determining whether the fixing temperature reaches the preset temperature threshold value) in the heating process of the fixing component, and stopping heating when the fixing temperature reaches the preset temperature threshold value according to the detection result. In addition, after agitation of the printing consumable (e.g., the cartridge) is completed, an agitation instruction is generated in which the consumable component has completed, and the image forming apparatus stops agitation of the printing consumable after detecting that the consumable component has completed the agitation instruction. After the image forming apparatus completes the image forming process, the image forming assembly in the image forming apparatus may be cleaned, and illustratively, the toner remaining on the surface of the photosensitive drum may be cleaned, thereby improving the quality of the next image formation.

In some embodiments, the first operating state may include a powered-on state, a pre-heat agitation state, a standby state, a cleaning state, and the like.

In some embodiments, the target events of the image forming apparatus may include an apparatus cover open/close event, a wake event, a fusing heating event, a consumable agitation event, and the like. The target event is used to indicate whether the designated drive unit is rotated in a first direction.

In some embodiments, the image forming apparatus may detect whether the target event satisfies a preset condition, wherein when it is detected that the front cover or the right cover of the image forming apparatus casing is opened and then closed, it may be confirmed that the apparatus cover opening and closing event satisfies the preset condition. When the image forming device is detected to receive the operation instruction, namely, the image forming device is awakened, the awakening event can be confirmed to meet the preset condition. When it is detected that the fixing temperature within the image forming apparatus reaches the preset temperature threshold, it may be confirmed that the fixing heating event satisfies the preset condition. When detecting that the consumable component of the image forming apparatus feeds back the agitation completion instruction, it is possible to confirm that the consumable agitation event satisfies the preset condition.

In some embodiments, when the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the target event is detected to satisfy the preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at the first rotation speed in the first direction for a first period of time may include: when the image forming apparatus is in a power-on state or a warm-up agitation state, it is detected that a cover of the image forming apparatus is opened and then closed, or it is detected that the image forming apparatus is awake, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time.

In this embodiment, when the image forming apparatus is in the power-on state or the warm-up stirring state, whether the apparatus cover opening/closing event or the wake-up event satisfies the preset condition may be detected, and when the apparatus cover opening/closing event or the wake-up event satisfies the preset condition, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed for a first duration along the first direction.

In one embodiment, the detection of whether the cover of the image forming apparatus is closed after opening may be detection of whether the paper discharge cover and the fixing protection cover of the image forming apparatus are closed after opening.

The image forming apparatus includes a main body, an image forming unit and a fixing unit, the image forming unit and the fixing unit are accommodated in the main body, a paper discharge cover is provided at an upper end opening of the main body for covering the main body opening so that the image forming unit is not exposed to the main body opening, and a fixing protecting cover is provided on the paper discharge cover for protecting the fixing unit. Wherein, when a jam occurs, the user needs to open the fixing protecting cover to remove the jammed paper, and the fixing unit is disconnected electrically after the paper discharging cover is opened.

In one embodiment, the open/close state of the paper discharge cover and the fixing protection cover of the image forming apparatus may be determined by providing sensors at the positions of the paper discharge cover and the fixing protection cover of the image forming apparatus and by sensing data of the sensors. In other embodiments, the opening and closing states of the paper discharging cover and the fixing protection cover of the image forming apparatus may be detected in other manners, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the manner in which the opening and closing states of the paper discharging cover and the fixing protection cover of the image forming apparatus are detected.

In one embodiment, when the image forming device receives a print job sent by the connected other terminal device or the cloud platform, the image forming device is triggered to wake, namely, a wake event is triggered. In another embodiment, when the sleep time of the image forming apparatus reaches the preset sleep time, the image forming apparatus may be automatically awakened, and the image forming apparatus may be triggered to be awakened. In other embodiments, when the image forming apparatus is dormant, the image forming apparatus may be triggered to wake up in response to an operation of a user, and, for example, the user clicks any key of a control panel of the image forming apparatus, and may trigger the image forming apparatus to wake up.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the mode of triggering the image forming apparatus to wake up is not limited, and in other embodiments, the image forming apparatus may also be woken up in other modes.

In other embodiments, when the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the target event is detected to satisfy the preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate in the first direction at the first rotational speed for a first period of time further includes: when the image forming device is in a standby state or a cleaning state, if the fixing temperature in the image forming device is detected to reach a preset temperature threshold value, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction; or when the image forming apparatus is in the preheating stirring state, the consumable component of the image forming apparatus is received to complete the stirring instruction, and the driving unit is controlled to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction.

In one embodiment, the heating temperature of the fixing assembly may be acquired by a temperature sensor disposed at a position of the fixing assembly of the image forming apparatus, and when the acquired heating temperature reaches a preset temperature threshold (i.e., it is detected that the fixing temperature in the image forming apparatus reaches the preset temperature threshold), it may be confirmed that the fixing heating event satisfies a preset condition, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time. Note that, in the embodiment of the present application, the manner of obtaining the fixing temperature is not limited, and in other embodiments, the fixing temperature may be determined by other detection manners.

In this embodiment, when the image forming apparatus is in the standby state or the cleaning state, whether the fixing heating event satisfies the preset condition may be detected, and when the fixing heating event satisfies the preset condition, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time.

In some embodiments, when the image forming apparatus is in the warm-up agitation state, whether the consumable agitation event satisfies a preset condition may be further detected, and when the consumable agitation event satisfies the preset condition, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate at a first rotation speed in a first direction for a first period of time.

In some embodiments, the target event may also include a jam event. In this case, when the image forming apparatus detects that the jam event satisfies the preset condition in any state, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate at the first rotational speed in the first direction for the first period of time. In one embodiment, when the image forming apparatus confirms that a jam has occurred, it may be confirmed that the jam event satisfies a preset condition. And the present application does not limit the way in which the image forming apparatus confirms that a jam has occurred.

In some embodiments, the first direction may be a counterclockwise direction. In one embodiment, the first rotational speed may be a rotational speed of the drive unit in a default printing mode of the image forming apparatus. In other embodiments, the first rotational speed may also be a rotational speed of the driving unit of the image forming apparatus in other operation modes, which is not limited in this application.

Through any one of the modes that this application embodiment provided detect image forming equipment under first operating condition, detect when target event satisfies the condition of predetermineeing, control drive unit is rotatory first time length with first rotational speed along anticlockwise direction, can turn to cleaning scraper department with the residual carbon powder in sensitization drum surface, clear up through cleaning scraper, promote the formation of image print image quality of printing next time, reduce the drive gear pressure of sensitization drum simultaneously, reduce drive unit moment of torsion.

S202: and after the second time period passes, controlling the driving unit to rotate in the second direction at the first rotating speed or a second rotating speed lower than the first rotating speed.

In some embodiments, the first duration may be timed such that the first duration is rotated at the first rotational speed when the drive unit is controlled to start rotating at the first rotational speed in the first direction. The timing is then started again and a second period of time is counted, during which the drive unit is controlled to stop rotating. The purpose of stopping the rotation of the driving unit for the second period of time is to wait for the rotation speed of the driving unit and the rotation speed of the component driven by the driving unit to drop below a preset rotation speed, so as to provide executable conditions for the subsequent driving unit to perform forward rotation, thereby avoiding suddenly performing forward rotation to damage the component when the latter driven component of the driving unit is in reverse rotation at a high speed.

After the second period of time has elapsed, the drive unit may be controlled to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed. Wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. In one embodiment, the first direction is opposite to the second direction, and illustratively, the first direction is counter-clockwise (i.e., reverse) and the second direction is clockwise (i.e., forward). In other words, the driving unit rotates in the first direction in reverse and rotates in the second direction in forward. In some embodiments, the second rotation speed is half of the first rotation speed, i.e. the driving unit is controlled to rotate at half the rotation speed when the driving unit rotates at the second rotation speed. In other embodiments, the second rotational speed may be one third, three quarters, or other speeds, such as the first speed, and the second rotational speed is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the first period of time for which the drive unit reverses is less than the second period of time for which the drive unit stops rotating at the same printing speed. However, at different printing speeds, the time lengths of the first time period and the second time period are inversely related to the printing speed of the image forming apparatus, that is, the higher the printing speed is, the shorter the first time period for the driving unit to reverse and the second time period for stopping rotation is. And the printing speed is positively correlated with the rotational speed of the drive unit, the higher the printing speed, the greater the rotational speed of the drive unit. The image forming apparatus may set the printing speed based on a user operation, the rotation speed of the corresponding driving unit being different at different printing speeds. The printing speeds may include a first printing speed (i.e., a normal printing speed), a second printing speed (a medium printing speed), and a third printing speed (a low printing speed), and the first printing speed is greater than the second printing speed corresponding to the second rotation speed of the driving unit and is also greater than the third rotation speed corresponding to the third printing speed.

In other embodiments, when the image forming apparatus does not receive the print job, the above-described step S201 and step S202 are performed. Wherein, in executing S202, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate in the second direction at the first rotation speed or a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed for a third period of time. For example, when the printer is currently in a sleep state, in response to a user operation on the printer, the printer triggers a wake-up (i.e., detects that the target event satisfies a preset condition), so that the driving unit of the printer may be controlled to rotate in a counter-clockwise direction at full speed (i.e., at a first rotational speed) for a first period of time, and after completing the rotation for the first period of time, wait for a second period of time to stop rotating. After the second period of time, the drive unit of the printer is controlled to rotate in the clockwise direction at full speed (i.e., the first rotational speed) or half speed (i.e., the second rotational speed) for a third period of time, and then the drive unit is controlled to stop. The third duration may be a preset time length, and the third duration may be greater than the second duration.

In some embodiments, at the same printing speed described above, the first duration is less than the second duration and less than the third duration. And the first time length, the second time length and the third time length are respectively different in corresponding time length values at different printing speeds. For example, the first printing speed > the second printing speed > the third printing speed. Wherein, at the first printing speed, the first duration is Ta1; at the second printing speed, the first duration is Tb1; at the third printing speed, the first duration is Tc1, and Ta1 < Tb1 < Tc1. At the first printing speed, the second duration is Ta2; at the second printing speed, the second duration is Tb2; at the third printing speed, the second duration is Tc2, and Ta2 < Tb2 < Tc2; at the first printing speed, the third duration is Ta3; at the second printing speed, the third duration is Tb3; at the third printing speed, the third duration is Tc3, and Ta3 < Tb3 < Tc3.

In some embodiments, the driving unit may be controlled to rotate by a pulse signal.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a pulse signal for controlling a driving unit according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 3, when the driving unit is powered on, the corresponding pulse signal is in a high level state. When the detected target event satisfies a preset condition in the first operation state of the image forming apparatus, the pulse signal is switched to a low level state and maintained for a first period of time, and the driving unit rotates the first period of time T1 in the first direction at a first rotational speed (i.e., inverts the first period of time T1 at the first rotational speed) in response to the low level pulse signal for the first period of time. After the driving unit finishes the inversion of the first time period, the pulse signal is switched to a high level state and kept for a second time period T2, so that the driving unit is controlled to stop rotating in the second time period, and the rotating speed of the driving unit is reduced or is lower than a preset rotating speed. After the second period of time, the pulse signal is switched to the low-level state, thereby controlling the driving unit to rotate in the second direction (normal rotation) at the first rotation speed or a second rotation speed smaller than the first rotation speed until the image forming apparatus completes the print job, and the pulse signal is switched back to the high-level 0v state.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an image forming apparatus control device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus may include a state detection module 401, an event detection module 402, and a driving control module 403, where the driving control module includes a driving unit, and the state detection module is configured to acquire a first operation state of the image forming device; the event detection module is used for detecting whether a target event meets a preset condition or not and sending a detection result to the drive control module; the driving control module is used for controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction when the detection result is determined to be satisfied; and further for controlling the drive unit to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed after waiting for the second period of time; wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

In one possible implementation, when the state detection module 401 detects that the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the event detection module 402 detects that the target event meets the preset condition, the driving control module controls the driving unit to rotate at the first rotational speed for a first period along the first direction includes: when the state detection module 401 detects that the image forming apparatus is in the power-on state or the warm-up agitation state, the event detection module 402 detects that a cover of the image forming apparatus is opened and then closed, or detects that the image forming apparatus is awakened, the drive control module 403 controls the drive unit to rotate at a first rotational speed for a first period of time in a first direction.

In one possible implementation, when the state detection module 401 detects that the image forming apparatus is in the first operating state and the event detection module 402 detects that the target event meets the preset condition, the driving control module controls the driving unit to rotate at the first rotational speed for a first period along the first direction includes: when the state detection module 401 detects that the image forming apparatus is in a striking state or a cleaning state, the event detection module 402 detects that the fixing temperature of the image forming apparatus reaches a preset temperature threshold and the agitation of the printing consumables of the image forming apparatus is completed, the drive control module 403 controls the drive unit to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time; or when the state detection module 401 detects that the image forming apparatus is in the warm-up agitation state, the event detection module 402 receives that the consumable component of the image forming apparatus has completed the agitation instruction, and the drive control module 403 controls the drive unit to rotate at the first rotational speed in the first direction for the first period of time.

In one possible implementation, the first time period is less than the second time period, and the time periods of the first time period and the second time period are inversely related to the printing speed of the image forming apparatus.

In one possible implementation, the printing speed is positively correlated with the rotational speed of the drive unit.

In one possible implementation, the first direction is a counterclockwise direction and the second direction is a clockwise direction.

In one possible implementation, the second rotational speed rotation is a first rotational speed of 1/2, or the second rotational speed is a first rotational speed of 3/4.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 5, the apparatus may include a processor 501 and a memory 502, where the memory 502 is configured to store at least one instruction that, when loaded and executed by the processor 501, implements the image forming apparatus control method provided by any of the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application also provides an image forming device, which comprises the control device of the image forming device provided by the embodiment shown in fig. 5.

The present embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the control method of the image forming apparatus provided by any of the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product, including a computer program or instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement the control method of the image forming apparatus provided in any of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that, the terminals in the embodiments of the present application may include, but are not limited to, a personal Computer (Personal Computer, PC), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a wireless handheld device, a Tablet Computer (Tablet Computer), a mobile phone, an MP3 player, an MP4 player, and the like.

It may be understood that the application may be an application program (native app) installed on the terminal, or may also be a web page program (webApp) of a browser on the terminal, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the elements is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple elements or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.

The integrated units implemented in the form of software functional units described above may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a Processor (Processor) to perform part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A control method of an image forming apparatus including a driving unit, characterized by comprising:

when the image forming device is in a first working state and a target event is detected to meet a preset condition, controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction;

waiting a second period of time after controlling the driving unit to rotate in a first direction at a first rotational speed for a first period of time, and after the second period of time has elapsed, controlling the driving unit to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed;

wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time when the image forming apparatus is in a first operating state and a target event is detected to satisfy a preset condition comprises:

when the image forming device is in a power-on state or a preheating stirring state, detecting that a cover body of the image forming device is opened and then closed, or detecting that the image forming device is awakened, controlling the driving unit to rotate at the first rotation speed for the first duration along the first direction.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotational speed in a first direction for a first period of time when the image forming apparatus is in a first operating state and a target event is detected to satisfy a preset condition further comprises:

when the image forming device is in a standby state or a cleaning state, if the fixing temperature in the image forming device is detected to reach a preset temperature threshold value, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at the first rotation speed for the first duration along the first direction;

or when the image forming device is in a preheating stirring state and a consumable component of the image forming device is received to finish stirring instructions, the driving unit is controlled to rotate at the first rotation speed for the first duration along the first direction.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first time period is less than the second time period, the time periods of the first and second time periods being inversely related to the printing speed of the image forming apparatus.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the printing speed is positively correlated with a rotational speed of the drive unit.

6. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the first direction is a counter-clockwise direction and the second direction is a clockwise direction.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second rotational speed is 1/2 of the first rotational speed or the second rotational speed is 3/4 of the first rotational speed.

8. A control device of an image forming apparatus, characterized by comprising: the system comprises a state detection module, an event detection module and a driving control module, wherein the driving control module comprises a driving unit;

the state detection module is used for acquiring a first working state of the image forming equipment;

the event detection module is used for detecting whether a target event meets preset conditions or not and sending a detection result to the drive control module;

the driving control module is used for controlling the driving unit to rotate at a first rotation speed for a first duration along a first direction when the detection result is determined to be satisfied; and further for controlling the drive unit to rotate in a second direction at the first rotational speed or a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed after waiting for a second period of time; wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

9. A storage medium comprising a stored program that, when executed, controls an apparatus in which the storage medium is located to implement the control method of the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. An image forming apparatus, characterized in that the image forming apparatus includes the control device of claim 8.