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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2018
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kensuke Miyahara, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiko Hayakawa, Ama, JP;
Toshio Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Junichi Yokoi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of light emitting portions arrayed in an array direction. A lens array has a length in the array direction longer than a length in a direction orthogonal to the array direction. A controller is configured to perform: converting a reference printing pattern including a plurality of first linear patterns to a detection pattern including a plurality of second linear patterns, each of the plurality of first linear patterns forming a first angle with respect to a reference line parallel to the array direction, each of the plurality of second linear patterns forming a second angle smaller than the first angle with respect to the reference line; forming a detection pattern image on a transfer medium; detecting a print density of the detection pattern image with a sensor; and setting an image formation condition according to the print density detected by the sensor.