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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Ryu Hasegawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Ryu Hasegawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image reading device which reads an image in accordance with a sheet-through method. The image reading device includes a reading device and a control device. The reading device is configured to include a carriage including an optical device for optically reading an image. The control device is configured to control shading correction of images on successively fed sheets by first performing the setting of the timing of starting a shading correction and the setting of the operation of the carriage, and then performing the setting of shading correction before shading correction starts during the operation of the carriage.