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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Nagai, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming includes a dither processing unit that applies a dither matrix to an image; an exposure unit that exposes a photosensitive drum to form an electrostatic latent image based on the image to which the dither matrix has been applied; a development unit that develops, using a developing material on a developing roller, the formed electrostatic latent image; and a control unit that, based on a print setting change instruction by a user, increases a circumferential speed of the developing roller relative to the circumferential speed of the photosensitive drum and decreases a screen ruling of the dither matrix to be applied by the dither processing unit.