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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Hiroshi Goto, Itami, JP;
Yoichi Fujieda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Ryuji Inoue, Itami, JP;
Shuichi Nakagawa, Suita, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for making tone reproductions using a variable area toning method. In addition to an image carrying member, on which a latent image is formed, and a developer, to develop a formed latent image, the apparatus is characterized by having a subsystem to form a plurality of first latent images having different dot area indexes, a subsystem to form a plurality of second latent images having different resolutions, first and second detector systems to respectively detect the image characteristics of the first and second latent images, and first and second correction subsystems to correct development conditions in accordance with respective outputs from the first and second detector systems.