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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Kohta Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Yuushi Hirayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Zama, JP;
Takashi Enami, Chigasaki, JP;
Kiichirou Shimizu, Fujisawa, JP;
Kohta Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Yuushi Hirayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobutaka Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Zama, JP;
Takashi Enami, Chigasaki, JP;
Kiichirou Shimizu, Fujisawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming mechanism configured to perform an image formation by performing a first image forming operation to form a first image on the image bearing member and an image transferring operation to transfer the first image onto a recording member, and an image quality controlling mechanism configured to perform an image control by performing a second image forming operation to form a second image on the image bearing member and an image controlling operation to control an image quality according to the second image. The image quality controlling mechanism determines an operation condition of starting the image control according to first information of operations during the image formation and second information of operations during the image control, when the second image forming operation is performed during the first image forming operation.