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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2024
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Akinori Kimata, Toyokawa, JP;
Takahiro Tsujimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Noriyuki Jinbo, Hamamatsu, JP;
Natsuyo Ida, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyor that conveys a sheet along a conveyance path; a detector that is disposed on the conveyance path and detects a physical property of a sheet with first detection accuracy or second detection accuracy lower than the first detection accuracy; an image former that forms an image on a sheet under an image forming condition based on a result of detection performed by the detector with the first detection accuracy; and a determiner that determines that a physical property of a sheet has changed among a plurality of sheets that is conveyed along the conveyance path on the basis of a result of detection performed by the detector on the plurality of sheets that is conveyed with the second detection accuracy.