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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tomii, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a photosensitive member, a light source, and a developing roller, and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form a detection image, obtain density data regarding density levels in a plurality of areas in the detection image at a plurality of positions in a scanning direction in which the photosensitive member is scanned with the light from the light source, generate, based on the density data, a first image forming condition for forming a first test image and a second image forming condition for forming a second test image, the second image forming condition being different from the first image forming condition, and control the image forming unit to form the first test image and the second test image, respectively based on the first image forming condition and the second image forming condition.