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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Wataru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/14 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/125 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G03G 15/5025 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06K 15/129 (2013.01); G06K 15/14 (2013.01); G06K 15/1868 (2013.01); G06K 15/1872 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1244 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a determination section configured to determine whether there is a possibility of generation of an image defect during a printing job for image formation on a plurality of pages based on image data included in the printing job; and a changing section configured to change an order of the pages to be subjected to image formation such that an image defect is not generated when the determination section determines that there is a possibility of generation of the image defect.