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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanobu Ajima, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Tohata, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Yuichiro Takeda, Fuji Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a sensor, a control information obtaining unit, and a control unit. The developing device forms an image on an image carrier using a developer. The sensor generates a signal indicating a measurement value related to the developer. The control information obtaining unit obtains, as control information of the developing device, one or more pieces of the control information pre-associated with the measurement value, from a recording medium associated with the developer. The control unit selects the control information associated with the measurement value indicated by the signal, from the one or more pieces of control information obtained from the recording medium. The control unit controls an operation of the developing device based on the selected control information.