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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuo Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/5043 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/5043 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for image reading and image forming. A shading operation is performed by initially setting an operation parameter necessary for the shading operation and an image reading operation. The shading operation is then performed, an image reading operation is executed, and a further shading operation is then performed after the image reading operation. An operation parameter is then again set when a preparation of a next image reading operation is completed, an image reading operation is performed, and then a further shading operation is performed.