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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masaya Arakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method for reproducing an image includes a plurality of color developing units, and a developing unit detector configured to detect a type and a position of each of the plurality of color developing units. A printer control unit controls the reproduction of the image based on the type and position of each of the plurality of color developing units detected by the developing unit detector.