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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
May. 25, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sumito Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tsujibayashi, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on an image carrier, a transfer unit configured to transfer the image from the image carrier to a sheet, a reader configured to read a pattern image on the sheet while conveying the sheet, a sensor configured to measure a measuring image on the image carrier, and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form the pattern image and the measuring image while forming images on a plurality of sheets, control the reader to read the pattern image, control the sensor to measure the measuring image, and generate an image forming condition based on a result of reading the pattern image by the reader and a result of measuring the measuring image by the sensor.