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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Oikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Oda, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an image forming unit configured to form an image based on an image forming condition; a reading unit configured to read a test image on a sheet; a controller configured to: control the image forming unit to form the test image; obtain read data related to the test image output from the reading unit is formed; and update the image forming condition based on the read data. The controller operates in a first mode and a second mode, the first mode is a mode in which, the controller controls the image forming unit to form the image for the second sheet after the image forming condition is updated based on the reading data related to the test image.