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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shuichi Ito, Tachikawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1234 (2013.01); G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); H04N 1/00029 (2013.01); H04N 1/00037 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part that forms an image on printing paper; an image reader that reads a printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part; and a hardware processor that determines whether the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part is non-defective in accordance with a threshold for determination and read data, the threshold for determination specifying an error margin in a printed state of the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part, the read data corresponding to the printed material read by the image reader, wherein the hardware processor performs control to reprint a page on which the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part is determined to be defective, and replace the page.


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