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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Ohba, Aichi, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit that prints an image on a transfer medium, a conveying unit that conveys the transfer medium, a storage unit that stores a target color profile and a transfer medium profile; and a control unit that controls the storage unit and the image forming unit, and the control unit enables printing of a test chart at the image forming unit based on the target color profile and has a color adjustment function of, when receiving colorimetric data obtained by measuring color of the test chart, comparing the colorimetric data with data of a target chart based on the target color profile and enabling color adjustment of the image forming unit based on a comparison result, and, when obtaining a result after the color adjustment, storing information relating to the result after the color adjustment in association with a transfer medium profile.