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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Go Araki, Suntou-gun, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image in a first mode and in a second mode in which the image forming apparatus is operated under an image forming condition in which developer supplying capability from a developer carrying member to an image bearing member is increased to form the image, the image forming apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether an input image is an image in a predetermined condition in which the input image is a fine line having a predetermined width or less, a miniature image, or a character having predetermined points or less; and a correction unit configured to set a line width thin or lighten density for an image determined as the image in the predetermined condition by the determination unit at a time of forming the image in the second mode.