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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Kazuo Okunishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kohei Hayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Tetsuya Sakai, Hoi-gun, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuo Okunishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kohei Hayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Tetsuya Sakai, Hoi-gun, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus performs image stabilization after a printed page count exceeds a first threshold, if either an end of a job or a mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been detected. Even if neither the end of the job nor the mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been detected, the image forming apparatus performs image stabilization if the printed page count exceeds a second threshold that is larger than the first threshold.