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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2018
Atsushi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Muroi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Muroi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, an electrostatic latent image forming device, a potential sensor, a toner image forming device, a toner adhesion amount detector, and circuitry. The circuitry controls the electrostatic latent image forming device to create an adjustment pattern on the latent image bearer when the image forming apparatus is not printing, controls the potential sensor to detect an electric potential of the adjustment pattern, controls the electrostatic latent image forming device and the toner image forming device to create a test toner image during a printing period, controls the toner adhesion amount detector to detect a toner adhesion amount of the test toner image, and adjusts at least one image forming condition of the electrostatic latent image forming device and the toner image forming device based on the electric potential of the adjustment pattern and the toner adhesion amount of the test toner image.