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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Makoto Hino, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hino, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: at least one image forming unit including an image bearing member bearing a latent image and a developing device configured to develop the latent image with a developer including a toner to form a toner image thereon; optionally an intermediate transfer configured to receive the toner image from the image bearing member; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image to a receiving material; an image pattern measuring device configured to evaluate at least a formal property of a test toner image formed on the image bearing member or the intermediate transfer medium; an image quality predicting device configured to predict image qualities of the toner image to be formed on the receiving material on the basis of the evaluation data; and an image forming condition adjusting device configured to adjust image forming conditions on the basis of the image quality prediction data.