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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Kawada, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroaki Umemoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Yohei Ito, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshiaki Shima, Sanda, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ota, Chiryu, JP;
Shinya Tokutake, Okazaki, JP;
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tahara, JP;
Shinichi Yoshimoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image former which forms an image on an image carrying member with toner stored in a storage, a toner supplier which supplies toner to the storage by driving a conveyance member, a density measurer which causes the image former to form an image having a predetermined density at a predetermined timing and measures density of the formed image, a corrector which corrects a driving amount of the conveyance member based on the density measured by the density measurer, and a changer which changes a timing when the density measurer measures the density in response to an event that a predetermined condition is satisfied.