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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuusuke Mandai, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0275 (2013.01); G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 15/5033 (2013.01); G03G 15/5037 (2013.01); G03G 15/553 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor including a surface layer; a storage that stores a target value of a variation of a film thickness of the surface layer; and a hardware processor that acquires a variation of the film thickness in a first period within which the photoreceptor rotates a predetermined number of times, and sets a margin that is an amount of a portion for allowance with respect to a proper value of a parameter related to control of the photoreceptor, the margin being to be employed after the first period.