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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Nishikata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Chika, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunobu Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzo Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plural image forming units each having a plural image forming sections, and an intermediate transfer body on which toner images formed by the plural image forming sections are primarily transferred, a plural secondary transfer units that are provided corresponding to the plural image forming units, and secondarily transfer the toner images of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium, and a processor, in which each image forming unit has the image forming section of the same color, and the processor is configured to: in response to an instruction to output a color chart of the same color, execute a mode in which the color chart of the toner image having a density of intermediate gradation, formed by the image forming section of the same color for each image forming unit, is secondarily transferred to the recording medium and output.