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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1994
Yoshinori Nagao, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Izumizaki, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for controlling image forming conditions regarding the image quality comprises an image forming unit to form an image onto a recording medium such as a paper, a generator to generate pattern data to form an image of a stripe pattern of a predetermined interval by the image forming unit, a reader to read the stripe pattern image which is formed by the image forming unit in accordance with the pattern data which is generated from the generator, a memory to store the stripe pattern image read by the reader, a detector to detect the interval of the stripes of the stripe pattern stored in the memory, and a controller to control the image forming unit on the basis of the stripe interval detected by the detector.