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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Naiki, Toyokawa, JP;
Teppei Kunihisa, Toyokawa, JP;
Soh Hirota, Toyokawa, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Tsuru, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part that forms a toner image on a recording medium; and a hardware processor that controls the image forming part, wherein the image forming part includes an image carrier, the hardware processor executes: a first adjustment process of adjusting the image forming part with use of a first image formation condition determined in accordance with a toner adhesion amount at a plurality of points in a first direction on the image carrier; and a second adjustment process of adjusting the image forming part with use of a second image formation condition determined in accordance with a toner adhesion amount at one point in a first direction on the image carrier, the image carrier rotates as a recording medium is conveyed, the first direction is a direction intersecting with a rotational direction of the image carrier.