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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirotaka Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5041 (2013.01); G03G 15/234 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on image forming condition, a reader configured to convey the sheet and read a test image on the sheet while the sheet is conveyed, and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form the image and the test image on a same sheet, control the reader to read the test image on the same sheet, and generate the image forming condition for adjusting a density of an image to be formed by the image forming unit, based on a reading result of the test image by the reader.