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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsunori Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a transfer paper sheet; a colorimeter that reads the image; a conveyor that conveys the transfer paper sheet in the image formation and the reading of the image; and a controller that controls the formation of the image, and the reading and the conveyance of the image, wherein when a first conveyance velocity is a velocity at which the transfer paper sheet is conveyed when the image is formed by the image former, a second conveyance velocity is a velocity that is lower than the first conveyance velocity, and a long paper sheet having a longer transfer sheet length than a predetermined threshold value is used as the transfer paper sheet in an adjustment mode, the controller controls the image former and the conveyor, and controls the colorimeter and the conveyor.