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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2019
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kimpara, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet under an operation condition set depending on a sheet type, includes a hardware processor that: detects whether the sheet type is any one of a plurality of assumed types; performs control such that an activation operation for forming the image under an interim condition, which is an operation condition corresponding to one of the plurality of assumed types, is performed before detecting the sheet type; determines whether or not a recovery operation for optimizing a state of image formation is performed before starting image formation under a determinate condition, which is an operation condition corresponding to the detected type; performs control such that the recovery operation is performed when it is determined that the recovery operation is performed; and performs control such that the image formation is performed under the determinate condition after the recovery operation is performed.